CHAP. III.
D E PA R T U R E FROM CHAT EAU D U IN G . ANNUAL
m i g r a t i o n o f T H E SAV O Y ARD S . LOWE R V A L L
EY OF T H E I S E R E . l ’H O P I T A L . CO N F LA N S .
CASTLE OF MO N TME L IA N . ----- T H E RM A L WATERS
OF AIX LES BAINS. — MODE OF D O U C H IN G .
COMPANY AT T H E BATHS .
O ne of my principal objects in visiting
Savoy was to make trial of the thermal
waters of Aix les Bains; and the season
being now arrived, we left Chateau Duing
on June the 25th, with two young ladies,
who accompanied us to Chamberry, having
engaged two cars at Annecy for ourselves
and the luggage. The direct road to Aix
was through Annecy, but we made a considerable
detour, and went by another route,
in order to view the valley of the lower
Isere, which is regarded as the most fertile
part of Savoy. Passing along the upper
end of the Lake of Annecy, we left the
town of Faverge on our right, and on a turn
of the road we stopped to take a parting
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