Route No. 13. London-Paris (Via Folkestone). London-Folkestone, 82 mls. rly.; Folkestone-Boulogne, 25 mls, stmr. Route No. 14. London-Paris (Via Newhaven-Dieppe). Hour of departure varies to meet the tide; twice daily. 230 Maisons 10 5 14. Colombes.. 240 15. Paris. Mls. 11. Stop 5 m. Junc. for Cherbourg. On the Seine. Burned by Wm. the Conqueror, 1096. Here he received the injury which caused his death. Aft. 3 mls. Rosny Sta., château where Sully was born. 12. Birthplace of St. Louis. 13. Confluence of the Oise and Seine. Forest of St. Germain. 14. Rly. to St. Germain. Palace of St. G. on the hills to the w. ; x the Seine and enter the Suburbs of Paris. 15. Station, San Lazare, on the northern margin of the city. Route No. 15. Rotterdam-Antwerp. Trains frequent. 73 mls. ; 3 hrs. Fares, I. Cl., 10 fr. ; II., 8 fr. Route No. 16. Antwerp-Brussels. Trains frequent. 28 mls.; 1 hr. Mls. 1. Antwerp. 1 2. Berchem.. Vieux-Dien 16 4. Malines. 12 20 tensive modern earth works have been erected entirely around the city, upward of 12 mls, in length. 3. Gothic château of Ter Elst. Weerde... 5. Vilvorde. Haeren... Schaerbeek 28 6, Brussels 4. On the Dyle; pop. 40,000. Extensive mf'g of Mechlin lace; x the Nethe. 5. Memorable as the place of Tyndale's transMls. lation of the Bible, and his martyrdom. Extensive penitentiary building. 6. Near the city, w., royal château of Laeken. Station Gare du Nord, on the northern margin of the city. See Brussels. Route No. 17. Antwerp-Cologne (Direct). 90 mls. ; about 5 hrs. Fares, I. Cl., 20 fr.; II., 15 fr. Country comparatively uninteresting. Important stations, Lierre, x the Nethe; Aerschot, x the Demer; follow the Demer; Diest, x the Demer; Hasselt, capital of Limburg; Maestricht, x the Meuse; Valkenburg ruins, s.; Aix-la-Chapelle to Cologne. Route No. 19. Route No. 18. Brussels-Paris. 198 mls.; 6 hrs. Fares, I. Cl., 30 fr.; II., 22.60 fr. See Leaving B., follow the valley of the Senne. 146 12. Compiègne.. 167 13. Creil. 198 Paris. 7. Junc. for Cologne; follow the Sambre. 8. Stop 5 m. The Rom. Augusta Viro manduorum: on the Somme. In 1557, Philip 77 II. of Spain defeated the French under Coligny; 1871, the Germans routed the French. 52 31 Mls. 10. Stop 8 m. Buffet. Follow the valley of the Oise to Creil. 11. Castle built by Pepin-le-Bref. Hugh Capet elected king, and Charlemagne crowned here. Nativity of Calvin, 1509. 12. Favorite residence of French sovereigns; palace erected by Louis XV. Joan of Arc captured near the bridge. Residence of Napoleon III.; cas. built by Louis XV. and XVI. 13. Creil-Paris. See Route No. 12. 9. Stop 20 m. Good buffet. Customs examinations for westward trains. Change cars. Extensive mfg of woollen-; pop. 35,000. Aft. Dolhain, fortress of Limburg. 10. Frontier. Customs examinations for eastward trains; cas. of Welkenhausen; the viaduct of the Geul, 126 ft. high, 17 arches; 2 tunnels, the second 2,200 ft. Cas. of Emmaburg on mountain side. 11. Stop 5 m. See Aachen. × the Wurm; n. Frankenburg with ruined tower, and lake; hunting-seat of Charlemagne. Nirmer tunnel, 12. x the Luke. ml. 13. Numerous silver, zinc, lead, and coal mines and works. Nothberg; Röttger. schloss, 4 towers. s. Langerwehe. 14. 3 mls. bfr. château of Merode; x the Roer; fertile plain. 15. Valley of the Erft; fine residences; Königsdorf tunnel, 1 ml. 16. See Cologne. Route No. 20. Cologne-Mayence. Fares, I. Cl., 18.50 fr.; II., 13.50 fr. By rly. along the bank of the Rhine, 115 mls., 4-6 hrs.; several trains. The Rhine: Steamer from Cologne to Mayence, 127 mls., up 13, down 9 hrs. Fares, I. Cl., 9 fr. The tickets, upon application, permit the stopping over at any landing, but are good only for boats of the same line. The fine scenery of the Rhine lies between Bonn and Bingen. Below the former, and above the latter, there is little of interest. Refreshments on the boats. On either bank, from Cologne to Bonn, are several unimportant villages. w. Bonn. The Castra Bonnensis of Tacitus; pop. 27,000; one of the early Roman fortresses on the Rhine; Emp. Julian rebuilt the walls. Suffered much in the Spanish and Dutch wars; dismantled 1717. Noted for its University, 9.15 11.00 11.30 2.00 9.00 10.45 11.15 1.40 8.15 10.00 10.20 1.05 7.45 9.45 10.00 12.30 12.15 dep. a.m. a.m. a. m. m. |