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which (it is now 111de Zaspes.ITINERARY.the progress of huilding) is ascribed to MonsieurTORNAIN.-A considerable town anciently fortified. Lithôlog.r,sandstone.ST. GENEISSE.-A beautiful village.about the width of the Thames at London bridge.MA RMANDE.-The secondA chateau on the left.The river ishere appa;:r.e.tJltlvnight's halting-place.·LARIOL.-A pretty town on the right bank, withprodigiousscâle nowPOVERoN:--Here vineof white crops.LANGou.-A considet~hle to\vn .on theleft bank, with Macail opposite,twenty miles abové0:.~:.~~rdé~J.l*•. Tide rises to this.CAST RE.-The third nig~Vs halting:place~ Adver.tencenow for navigation to avail}~its~lf ofthe tide,~o which hoursform. rrhis is five hoursv~~~~e~~9nl Bouf(l~aux; twelvewhich shipping come. Ca~tr~§ist~le last intermediatehaItithe voyag~ to Bourd~aûx. It i~:'frel1l~rkablyc1ean;andtlimodations show tha1 it has been freq.uéî1ted. by tho~e~hoknewwhatgood things were, and were willing to payaccordinglY'}i Thé river isnoW magnificent.Its banks are chiefly under copse, fqrtheéôôpet~geof Bourdeaux, to the main trade whereof aIl in its vicinity o'Wes thecomplexion it bears.The lithology of the tracts adjacent to the Garonne, throughout itscourse, presents calcareous matter and sand-stone; the former cbieflyon the right bank, the latter principally aI! the left. Eachpreservesits characteristic features; the former in· ~ridnal

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