. Paris and environs with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers. u ? >. TT-TJ ?^|?WJ^--^^^-Z<C!| 3. BOIS DE BOULOGNE. 161 several princely residences, as well as the famous Abhaye de Long-champ (p. 162). The forest received little attention until IBoi,when it was presented to the municipality, on condition that a sumof two million francs should be expended on it within four years, andthat it should be maintained in future at the municipal expense. Theauthorities accordingly converted it into a park, and it has becomea favourite promenade of the Parisians. — The annexed pla
. Paris and environs with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers. u ? >. TT-TJ ?^|?WJ^--^^^-Z<C!| 3. BOIS DE BOULOGNE. 161 several princely residences, as well as the famous Abhaye de Long-champ (p. 162). The forest received little attention until IBoi,when it was presented to the municipality, on condition that a sumof two million francs should be expended on it within four years, andthat it should be maintained in future at the municipal expense. Theauthorities accordingly converted it into a park, and it has becomea favourite promenade of the Parisians. — The annexed plan willenable the visitor to find his way without difficulty. The Bois de Boulogne is most frequented in the afternoonbetween 3 and 5 oclock, the favourite routes being those leadingfrom the Avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne to the lakes, where the hand-somest carriages and most elegant toilettes are to be seen. Motor-cars and cyclists are prominent amidst the throng of vehicles. We enter the Bois by the Porie Dauphine (p. 160), in the En-ceinte, or lines of fortifications (p. xxviiij, wh
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