, 1889-01-18
TWO CHATEAUX.
DIFFERENCES THAT ARE NOTICED
ONLY ON INVESTIGATION.

The Tourist Liable to he Deceived by a
High Sounding Namo-A rInc" That
Should he Called a Ranch-water Tina,
Came Exceptionally High.
France is full Of chatc.ux. under
which nam are included n great variety
of buildings, so great that when you
hear Of a place so called you do not at
all know what to expect Information
is always hard TO get in n foreign land,
M the human mind rrbels against n
perpetual confession of ignorance, 30
that its owner Is apt to accept with n
smile Of intelligence instructions in n
strange language that convey but n
shadow Of meaning to the nearer. and 10
trust to experience ms tho best teacher.
] leave it 10 any candid reader To say, If
he would know which promised the
most, the Chateau of the Pharos or the
Chateau of st. Eulalic? Yet one is a
palnCc. and the othcr-but let me not
anticipate.
A PLEASANT PLACE TO RE sICE.
On M cape Of the magnificent hay
that includes Marseillcs and her harbors.
and overlooking them all from its hill.
stands the Chateau of the PiIarus. giving
us an unexpected reward for IA difficult
walk between quays, fortresses and
lighthouse, in its elegance and ,0ict Sc
c~lusion. The palace is closed now, and
stands rs peacefully Its extensive and
well kept park as If it were miles away
from the busy city-a handsome Rcnais-
sancc cditicc, far more attractive than
many more famous royal residences. II
belonged to the Empress Eugcnic, and
after the fall Of the empire was given 10y
her TO the city of Marscillcs, 10 10 used
as a hospital. believe it has not vet
been fitted up for that purpose. ut any rate,
It Is moi now in use. Ii is finely situated
for n hospital, In such an open. healthy
location; it would bo almost worth whilo
20 he sick in order to recover in such n
pleasant spot.
TIE OTHER KIND.
II was while we were mt Hvurcs that
We heard Of the Chateau of st. Eulalic.
Attracted by tho poctiCnl namc we re-
solved TO visit il, although il wa repre-
scntcd as rather loo distant for n walk.
But with such nm object In view we
would takc tho best part Of the day,
start carly, and give up uur lunch. Fol
lowing the directions given. we proceeded
down the beautiful valley Of IIycrcs,
between the SUBMITS of Costa Bella and
the mountains Of the MOOrs. the latter
nlmc so suggestive Of tho times when
all this land was rackcd by p]iratical
incursiuus Of those savage maraudcrs.
Crossing the rapid little Gapund river
after two. or three miles walk. and fol.
lowing its banks. We looked In al dircc-
lions for the stately CdiliCc VIC expected
To No. its towers above the yellow
syCamoFCs, but In vain. FINALLY. being
directed 10y the most polite of French
cavaliers, whom we Fortunately met.
and who might have ridden directly out
Of the middle ages. we turned down a
muddy lane and found-H ranchi A
ranch, though nobody in this cfTctc
country knows enough to call it so.
There were u number of long. low
stone buildings, scattered anon huge
old olive trees, peach orchards. groves of
mulbcrIics and grass fields, there were
great ricks of hay, an old mill. wide
barns II tribes, Of chickens, but no
handsome central mansion worthy Of the
noble family that formerly inhabited 1t.
The only reminders Of the ancient times
when ] suppose princes used to visit
hero were Il dilapidItcd avenue Of lofty
trees that once formed the approaches to
the chateau, and a singular old tower.
lhiS tower must have been built as n re-
iuEc for the family and dependents when
the pirate Eullcys were anchored In the
harhor and the alarm was spread from
one estate to another; n tall, round
tower, pierced only by loophulrs, with a
lookout on the summit Of its hcll shaped
roof. Around its base were battle |
mcntcd walls, now in ruins. the former
moat oycrgrown with bushes and tray
ersed 10y chickens, the only useless part
Of the farm Amenl MAY all war so
vanish in peace and plenty
An EXPENSIVE CANAL.
Have you seen the falls of DuranceYr
We We're asked soon after our arrival in
Marseillcs. We replied in the negative,
wondering TO what the lady could refer,
when she explained 10y adding: where
the water comes into the town" In 1910
the marscilles people, having been short
"i water for some centuries and having,
rs 1t happened, no war on hand to cx-
haust their finances, undertook to bring
In a river to satisfy their thirsty souls,
The expenditure of 20. 900, 900 francs re-
suited in the canal Of Roqucfavour,
which connects the DURANGO with tho
city, q distance of twenty-five miles.
Marsoillcs slopes gently upward from its
harbor to n hill directly east from that
point, about n mile and a half, the hill
being 400 feet above the sen level. On
the top Of that hill arrives tho canal,
having passed through several tunnels
and crossed the final valley on arches
Ike the old Roman aqucducts Mar
settles Cor. san Francisco Chronicle.