Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . and St. Sulpice(see p. 223). Opposite, farther on, are asphalt-mines. — 17 (2418; Ecu de France), a pretty town. Here, and at Motiersand Fleurier, excellent absinthe is made. Diligence twice daily in 2 hrs. 10 min. (one-horse carr. 10 fr.) to(7 M.) La Brevine {MBO;, HoteT), a health-resort with a chalybeate spring. The line again ascends the N. slope of the valley. Opposite, farbelow, lies Motiers-Travers (2425; Maison de Ville), where, bypermission of the Prussian governor General Keith, Roussea
Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . and St. Sulpice(see p. 223). Opposite, farther on, are asphalt-mines. — 17 (2418; Ecu de France), a pretty town. Here, and at Motiersand Fleurier, excellent absinthe is made. Diligence twice daily in 2 hrs. 10 min. (one-horse carr. 10 fr.) to(7 M.) La Brevine {MBO;, HoteT), a health-resort with a chalybeate spring. The line again ascends the N. slope of the valley. Opposite, farbelow, lies Motiers-Travers (2425; Maison de Ville), where, bypermission of the Prussian governor General Keith, Rousseau livedin 1762 after his expulsion from Yverdon by the government of Bern,and wrote his Lettres ecrites de la Montague. The Ravine of the Raisse (affluent of the Reuse), with its picturesquerocks and waterfalls, deserves a visit. We pass a bridge, V2 M. from Motiers,and follow the brook to the right, ascending a pretty wooded gorge. In 1 reach a new path to the top (35 min.). From this point, with a guide ^^%?^ Z,^^ w^y^^:r t f OKII /( iivC/g?7t\/> ,J=s:,.. •° NEUCHATFL. D E neuchatelI . o,>.;»..,^.^.i,.U^,«J Jura. PONTARLIER. IV. Route 60. 223 or a good map, we may ascend the Chasseron (p. 226). — Beyond Metiersis the Grotte de Motiers, a limestone cavern, one arm of which is 31/2 It may be safely explored for Vz^. (rough walking; swarms of bats).At the entrance, a waterfall. 19 M. Boveresse is the station for Fleurier and Motiers (p. 222).In the valley, farther on, is Fleurier (2455; *Poste; Couronne),with extensive watch and absinthe factories. Hence to thetop of the Chasseron in 272 ^rs., see p. 225. Beyond a tunnel,600 yds. long, we observe St. Sulpice (2557) below, on the left,with a Portland cement factory. Scenery again very bridges and two tunnels. In the valley, II/2 M. to the W. ofFleurier, the Reuse, which probably flows underground from the Lacdes Tailleres, rises as a considerable stream, soon capable of workingseveral
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