. Little journeys abroad . 3 Jsw iFiFii iStt! 7 irf^fi J-r-. /,. C> s %- T^SZ W-- ON THE LAKE OF GENEVA. 147 the meeting of the waters of the Rhoneand the Aar, and to hear quotations fromMoores verses on the meeting of the watersin the Vale of Avoca, — for our friendhad travelled in Ireland, — and to lamentover the unpicturesque aspect of theroad we had to traverse. And many timesdid we linger before the windows of thehandsome shops on the Grand Quai, andoften did we visit one special and temptinglittle shop for the sale of antiquities, on theQuai des Bergues. Here one of the partybought, r
. Little journeys abroad . 3 Jsw iFiFii iStt! 7 irf^fi J-r-. /,. C> s %- T^SZ W-- ON THE LAKE OF GENEVA. 147 the meeting of the waters of the Rhoneand the Aar, and to hear quotations fromMoores verses on the meeting of the watersin the Vale of Avoca, — for our friendhad travelled in Ireland, — and to lamentover the unpicturesque aspect of theroad we had to traverse. And many timesdid we linger before the windows of thehandsome shops on the Grand Quai, andoften did we visit one special and temptinglittle shop for the sale of antiquities, on theQuai des Bergues. Here one of the partybought, regretting it afterward, two greatdusty volumes of an old French editionof Don Quixote, and another purchasedold silver bijouterie; and I found a littletea-cup, treasured still, that was made nearby, at Nyon, when the royal porcelainfactory at Sevres was closed during theRevolution, and the artists fled to Switzer-land, there to continue their work. Equally, of course, we took the excur- 148 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. sion up the lake to Chillon, counting
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