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252 C A T H O L I C I N D U L G E N C E S .
et t Eveque de Genève, accordera 40 jours
d indulgence a tous ceux qui reciteront un
pater et une avé devant cette croix de ta mission,
avec un acte de contrition, et Vamour
de Dieu, 1817.”
Monsieur the archbishop of Chamberry
and bishop oi Geneva, will grant forty days
indulgence to all those who will recite one
pater and one ave, before this cross of the
mission, with an act of contrition, and the
love of God, 1817.
What kind of indulgence for forty days
was to be so cheaply purchased, I could not
learn. I should hope, for the credit of the
archbishop, it extended no further than to
eating meat on fast-days. Our voiturier
refused to give his opinion on the subject :
shrugging up his shoulders, he said, » Sir,
I never meddle with the affairs of the
church.”
CHAP. VH.
BATHS OF BR IDA, IN T H E T A R E N T A I S E . MO U N T
A IN V IL LA G E S . ----- V A L L EY OF T H E U P P E R
DORON.
O n the first evening of our arrival at Moutiers,
we proceeded to the newly-established
baths at Brida, in the valley of the
Upper Doron, where we resided several
weeks, making excursions to different objects
in the vicinity. The baths are situated
among the most remarkable mountains
in the Grecian Alps, and the accommodation
provided at the boarding houses
for visitors, made this village a convenient
station. The excursion to Bourg St. Maurice,
described in the last chapter, was
made on our return to Moutiers. From
Moutiers to Brida the road is narrow and
dangerous, being carried along the side of
a precipice, at a great height above the
river, and unprotected by any parapet-wall
or fence. Chars are kept at Moutiers to
convey the company to the baths, and the