CHAP. XXI.
The author and his family quit Avignon.—Antoine accompanies them.—His history.—Orgon.—Aix.—The baths described.—Arrival at Marseilles.—The Hôtel de Ville.—Curiosities.—Bad inns.—Romantic approach to Toulon.—Description of that fine sea-port.—The Mediterranean.—Hyeres.—Frejus.—The Forêt d'Estrelles.—Danger of being overturned in crossing a river.—Arrival at Cannes.
CHAP. XXII.
Journey to Nice continued.—Antoine's amusing account of the Rhone.—Spot on which Napoleon landed from Elba.—Antibes.—The river Var is the limit of France on this route.—Douanier.—Passage of the wooden bridge.—Nice.—Quarter of La Croix de Marbre.—The author rents a house.—His landlord is a French general.—Account of this officer.—Carnival.
CHAP. XXIII.
Description of Nice.—Place Victor.—The Corso and Terrace.—Details of the Carnival.—Franciscan friars.—Devotional exercises.—Stations for their observance during Lent.—The orange tree.—Its blossoms.—Its fruit.—English Protestants build a chapel at Nice.—The port of Nice.—Villefranche.—Galley slaves.—The cathedral.—Marshal Massena.—The author departs for the Col de Tende on his way to Italy.