Days near Paris . rs. On the groundfloor is installed the Musee Khmer, of early Indian andChinese monuments. The apartments, chiefly interestingfrom their association with Napoleon I. and III., are hand-some, but have no especial importance. The Galerie desFetes has decorations in the style of the first empire, byGirodet, and statues of Napoleon I. and Madame M^re,by Canova. There is a large collection of indifferent pict-ures ; those of the story of Don Quixote, by Charles CoypeLare amusing. ^36 DA YS NkAR PARIS The Gardens cannot be entered through the from the Cour dhonneur,
Days near Paris . rs. On the groundfloor is installed the Musee Khmer, of early Indian andChinese monuments. The apartments, chiefly interestingfrom their association with Napoleon I. and III., are hand-some, but have no especial importance. The Galerie desFetes has decorations in the style of the first empire, byGirodet, and statues of Napoleon I. and Madame M^re,by Canova. There is a large collection of indifferent pict-ures ; those of the story of Don Quixote, by Charles CoypeLare amusing. ^36 DA YS NkAR PARIS The Gardens cannot be entered through the from the Cour dhonneur, one must turn to theleft, where an open gate will soon be found on the left of theavenue. These unkempt gardens have a much greater lookof the country than those of Versailles, and a long grassavenue, made by Napoleon I. in 1810, stretches away fromthem through the forest. The terrace is very handsome,lined with orange and palm-trees in tubs. The great N ofNapoleon is often repeated on the fagade of the palace on. CHATEAU DE COMPlfeONE. this side. At the end of the terrace, on the left, passing agrille, we find ourselves above the Porte Chapelle, built byPhilibert Delorme for Henri II., with a vaulted galleryunder the terrace. It bears the monograms of Henri Diane de Poitiers. Hence, an avenue leads to theCours, along the river. Here we may see the moat ofCharles V. and remains of the towers which defended to the middle of the fagade, and taking the stair-case which descends to the park, we find to the left the ABBEY OF ST. CORNEILLE 231 berceau, 1,800 met. long, which Napoleon I. made to pleaseMarie Louise, in imitation of that of Schoenbrunn. The Forest of Conipiegne (called, till 1346, la foret deCuise) was a favorite hunting-ground with the kings ofFrance. Here a wild man, vetu comme un loup, wasseized in the time of Charles IX. and brought to the king,and here Henri IV. narrowly escaped being carried off byRieux, governor of Pierrefonds. An avenue, fac
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