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the ravages that had been committed. In-deed nothing can give a better idea of thisluxurious province than the country Iwalked over to-day. The summits of thehills were for the most part crowned withwoods of the deepest foliage, and the sidesclothed with vines reached down into thevallies loaded with rich crops of corn, andwatered by numerous streams.

The next morning I arrived at Auxerre to breakfast, still keeping along the range ofhills which bounded the valley of the river Yonne . The town is small but beautifullysituated on the side of a steep hill, extend-ing down to the river, over which there is aneat stone bridge. The cathedral of Aux­ erre , an old gothic building in excellent pre-servation, is adorned with a great quantityof painted glass. From this place the hillsgradually rise into mountains, and I crossedseveral very considerable ones in my waythrough the country to Vermanton , a prettyromantic little village, situated in a narrowdefile between lofty rocks and mountains,covered with vineyards and woods. In the