. Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece. MO_Ml[JMEI??T AT ST ^ied J<t-^. ^rcl. Cot- ST. REMI. 159 At some distance is another convent, of which the ruins appear yetmore considerable ; and both for form and situation, are of great value inthe landscape. Aries is in an unwholesome situation. It rained almost all the time wewere there, with a suffocating south wind; I do not know whether it wasowing to this, or to the bad cookery at the Lion dOr, (the Hotel du Nordwas full) that my health suffered, and I became very impatient to getaway. This was attended wi
. Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece. MO_Ml[JMEI??T AT ST ^ied J<t-^. ^rcl. Cot- ST. REMI. 159 At some distance is another convent, of which the ruins appear yetmore considerable ; and both for form and situation, are of great value inthe landscape. Aries is in an unwholesome situation. It rained almost all the time wewere there, with a suffocating south wind; I do not know whether it wasowing to this, or to the bad cookery at the Lion dOr, (the Hotel du Nordwas full) that my health suffered, and I became very impatient to getaway. This was attended with some difficulty, as there is no post roadto the place. The soil is clayey, and the ways are almost impassable inwet weather ; it is true there are rocky limestone hills at a little distance,but nobody thinks of mending the road with these materials. At last weprocured a cart, and placing a mattress in it, proceeded at a foot paceto Tarrascon, and thence to St. Remi, where a fine air and wholesomefood soon restored me. We do not find our hosts very com
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