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Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . the Observatory, the Staff of Age, a bronze groupby J. Escoula. On the highest ground stands a copy of the Bardo,01- palace of the Bey of Tunis, brought from the Paris Exliibitionof 18G7, and now used as an observatory. From the high ground\v<. enjoy an extejisive view of Paris, especially of the 8. side ofthe hill of Ste-Genevieve (Pantheon) and the valley of tlie the city, to the , are the Fort and Hospice de Bicetre(p. 420;. Military concert in the park on Sun. in sumjner. To the of t
Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . the Observatory, the Staff of Age, a bronze groupby J. Escoula. On the highest ground stands a copy of the Bardo,01- palace of the Bey of Tunis, brought from the Paris Exliibitionof 18G7, and now used as an observatory. From the high ground\v<. enjoy an extejisive view of Paris, especially of the 8. side ofthe hill of Ste-Genevieve (Pantheon) and the valley of tlie the city, to the , are the Fort and Hospice de Bicetre(p. 420;. Military concert in the park on Sun. in sumjner. To the of tlie park lies the Reservoir de la Vanne, tlielar^(?Ht ill Paris, 7,.^ acres in area, and cu]»;)))l(; of holdiiifr 8,200,000 cubicfeet of watt^r. It is fed by the Vanne, a stream rising in Champagne,*. M. from Paris. Visitors are admitted; entrance in the Rue de la Tombe-iHsoire. About 10,000,000 I. have been spent on the waterworks ofParis since the mififlb- of tlif lOtli cent., but the supply in summer isstill inadequate. CourlryJ Cmibrftiv .Utnin/i Iticlvvsoiiij-Boia I. / J ENVIRONS OF PAKIS. 22. Prom Paris to Sevres and We may go by Railicay (three linea; see below), by Steamboat (p. 352)or by Tramivay {TAB, see p. 357; 40-50 min.). The steamboat is preferablein tine weather. The Invalides-Versailles railway (p. 357) also goes toMeudon. —On Sundays and holidays all these conveyances are crowded. By Railway. , }/ M^^® ^®s Moulineaux, preferable to the Ligne de Versailles(p. W^) because its St-Cloud and Sevres stations are more the (yareSt-Lazare (PI. B, 18; p. 221; left side, Banlieue): 9i/, Pont-de-St-Cloud, in 30-40 min.; fare 75 or 50 c.; 10 M. to Pont-de-Sevres (90 or GO c). From the Gave des Invalides (PI. R, 14, // • p 310) •.or 61/, M., in 20-30 min. (75 or 50 c). Trains hourly or oftener. Someof them have description of the route begins fromthe Gare St-Lazare; from the Gare des Invalides the
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