. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. Rhone to the Rhine, and canalisedon exactly the same principles as the Upper Saone ; in otherwords, its bed is used whenever possible, with short links oflateral canal from time to time. The navigable part of the riverpasses through the beautiful valley above Besancon. I havenever attempted to ascend it from Verdun to Dole as the voyagewould be impracticable for my x A light rowing boat, manned by four strong young men, can just accomplish thisascent. It was done in 1SS2, but not easily, by a four-oared
. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. Rhone to the Rhine, and canalisedon exactly the same principles as the Upper Saone ; in otherwords, its bed is used whenever possible, with short links oflateral canal from time to time. The navigable part of the riverpasses through the beautiful valley above Besancon. I havenever attempted to ascend it from Verdun to Dole as the voyagewould be impracticable for my x A light rowing boat, manned by four strong young men, can just accomplish thisascent. It was done in 1SS2, but not easily, by a four-oared gig from Lyons, 184 TJie Saone. This is the second of the three most important confluences onthe Saone which are, with the Coney at Corre, the Doubs atVerdun, and the Rhone at Lyons. In each of these cases thevolume of water is doubled. At the junction of the Doubs and the Saone there is a beauti-ful island adorned with most graceful masses of foliage. Theviews of the island from the town, and of the town from theisland, are so interesting that, although there is not much else. at Verdun, a lover of the picturesque might yet be content tolive there. And he would have the contrast of the two rivers—?the Saone, sluggish and often opaque, the Doubs, swifter, clearer,brighter, but less navigable. Notwithstanding the beauty of the day and of the place, it wasa sad day for us as our friend the Captain was to leave the Le Quadrille. The rowers found the navigation extremely difficult, for the river hasmany windings, and there are numerous islands amongst which it is not always easy toselect a channel. There are also mill weirs, only to be overcome by carrying your current is often very violent, in some places comparable to that of the Rhone. In the canalised Doubs the navigation, of course, is easy, but there are many locks—twenty-eight between Dole and Besancon only. s •Si
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