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niaIity of the situation here.EngIish elm.ITINERARY. 243For which reason among them we see theThe north bank has two hard lines of chalk stratum, oneof which terminates at the junction of the Tarn.These stmta bothdip (but very oblique]y) eash\"ard. Such is the general outline.The bed of the Garonl}e is gran uhble. Its banks are more beautifulthan those of the Rhone .;its superior buildings far more majesticin their ruins; its rustic ones far more picturesque: tbey are, indeed,with their projecting or receding balc . and corridors, their extendedeaves and roofs, and in aIl their concomitants, the very perfection ofheauty in rural arcbitecture. parish churches, however, ornamentthe scene: herein, may justly boast a decided superiority.To say the truth, ch h sare, although they mayhere have a hàndsome tower, ey hav }arable to us in theway of steeples. Such was the cas d route to Toulouse,which town presents matter or' considerable terest in this way in itstower of seven stages to heaven.; of Oriental origin of idea.But hereby the Garonne the landscape's onIy fault is its peculiar destitution ofthis inestimable ornament of a country.One general observation in regard to rivers must strike the traveller'smind. The Niger, the Guadalquiver, the Tagus, the Garonne, aIl runfrom east to west. AH coincide in another leading feature, namely,that their 110rth banks are higher than· their south; that on the former8trata protrude, while on the latter the soil is alluvial, and in the firstdegree; sand.Bere, then, is presented an important feature of theglobe. The head of the Garonne is among the' summits of the Pyrenees:this accounts for its granite bed. M:eilhan is sited on theextremity of a sand-stone bluff ledge: such also scems Obillard, whichwas passed near nighpresenting geological studies and wonders!2 l 2seems the country of this globe for·