Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . lignon, we reach the Croix-Blanche (restaurant),whence we may descend to the N.\y. by the Carrefour du Pont-d^Enghien (cafe-restaurant) to (1^2^-) the Chdteau de la Chasse,with the scanty ruins of a 14th cent, castle. This spot is 4 M. tothe of Montmorency and nearly in the centre of the forest. From Enghien to Paris vi^ Argenteuil, IV/4 M. railway in•V4-I hr. (fares 1 fr. 80, 1 fr. 20, 80 c.). —The train passes the lakeof f]nghien, embosomed in trees, on the left, and the racecourse(p. 396; station; on the r
Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . lignon, we reach the Croix-Blanche (restaurant),whence we may descend to the N.\y. by the Carrefour du Pont-d^Enghien (cafe-restaurant) to (1^2^-) the Chdteau de la Chasse,with the scanty ruins of a 14th cent, castle. This spot is 4 M. tothe of Montmorency and nearly in the centre of the forest. From Enghien to Paris vi^ Argenteuil, IV/4 M. railway in•V4-I hr. (fares 1 fr. 80, 1 fr. 20, 80 c.). —The train passes the lakeof f]nghien, embosomed in trees, on the left, and the racecourse(p. 396; station; on the right. On a height in the distance rises thetower of the CJidteau de la Tour, above St-Prix (see below). 1^4 M. Errnont-Eauhonne, two villages Y2 ^- to the 1 M. to the N. of the station respectively. Mme. dHoudetot,Saint-Lambert, and Rousseau lived here at various times. Omnibusesfrom the station to Eauhonne (30 c), Margency (2 M.; 40 c),Andilly (3 M.; 50 c.; see above), Montlignon (272 ^•; 40 c), andSt-Prix (3 M.; 50 c). The last of these pretty villages was the. ARGENTEUIL. Sff. Route, 399 temporary abode of Sedaine (1719-97), the dramatic author, P. (1772-1825), the pamphleteer, and Victor Hugo. Eailwayto Poutoise and to Yalmondois, see below and p. 404. The line now tunis to the S.—Beyond (2^/2 M.) Sannois thetrain descends between the hills of Orgemont (460 ft.) on the leftand of Sannois and Cormeilles (p. 400) on the right.—41/2 M. Ar-genteuil, and thence to Paris, see below. Line C. 26. Prom Paris to Pontoise. l«i/i!-21 M. Railway in 1/5,-2 hrs., either (A) from the Gave du Nordyvia St-I)enis, Enghien, and Emiont; or from the Gare St-Lazare, viaAr^mteuil and Ermont; or (B) from the Gare du Nord, via St-Gratienand Erniout; or (C) from the Gare St-Lazare, via Argenteuil and Conflans-Ste-Honorine; or (D) from the Gare St-Lazare, via Maisons-Laflfitte andAchercs. Fares 3 fr. 25, 2 fr. 20, 1 fr. 45 c.; return 4 fr. 85, 3 fr. 50, 2 fr. 30 c.(Comp. M
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