A tour through the Pyrenees . CHAPTER V. LUC HON. I. The street is a broad alley, planted with largetrees, and lined with rather handsome hotels. Itwas opened by the intendant dEtigny, who, forthis misdeed, was near being stoned. It was neces-sary to call in a company of dragoons to force theLuchonnais to endure the prosperity of their coun-try. At the end of the alley a pretty chalet, like thosein the Jardin des Plantes, shelters the du Prespring. Its walls are a fantastic trellis of gnarledbranches, adorned with their bark; its roof isthatched; its ceiling is a tapestry of moss. A BAGNERES A
A tour through the Pyrenees . CHAPTER V. LUC HON. I. The street is a broad alley, planted with largetrees, and lined with rather handsome hotels. Itwas opened by the intendant dEtigny, who, forthis misdeed, was near being stoned. It was neces-sary to call in a company of dragoons to force theLuchonnais to endure the prosperity of their coun-try. At the end of the alley a pretty chalet, like thosein the Jardin des Plantes, shelters the du Prespring. Its walls are a fantastic trellis of gnarledbranches, adorned with their bark; its roof isthatched; its ceiling is a tapestry of moss. A BAGNERES AND LUCHON. Book IV. young- girl sitting at the taps distributes to thebathers glasses of sulphurous water. The eleganttoilettes come about four oclock. Meanwhile yousit in the shade on benches of woven wood, andwatch the children playing on the turf, the rows oftrees descending toward the river, and the broadgreen plain, sprinkled with villages. Below the spring are the bathing-houses, nearlyfinished, and which will be the fi
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