The Pont du Gard Inn.

           SuchofmyreadersashavemadeapedestrianexcursiontothesouthofFrancemayperchancehavenoticed,aboutmidwaybetweenthetownofBeaucaireandthevillageofBellegardealittlenearertotheformerthantothelatterasmallroadsideinn,fromthefrontofwhichhung,creakingandflappinginthewind,asheetoftincoveredwithagrotesquerepresentationofthePontduGard.Thismodernplaceofentertainmentstoodontheleft-handsideofthepostroad,andbackedupontheRhone.ItalsoboastedofwhatinLanguedocisstyledagarden,consistingofasmallplotofground,onthesideoppositetothemainentrancereservedforthereceptionofguests.Afewdingyolivesandstuntedfig-treesstruggledhardforexistence,buttheirwithereddustyfoliageabundantlyprovedhowunequalwastheconflict.Betweenthesesicklyshrubsgrewascantysupplyofgarlic,tomatoes,andeschalots;while,loneandsolitary,likeaforgottensentinel,atallpineraiseditsmelancholyheadinoneofthecornersofthisunattractivespot,anddisplayeditsflexiblestemandfan-shapedsummitdriedandcrackedbythefierceheatofthesub-tropicalsun.

           Inthesurroundingplain,whichmoreresembledadustylakethansolidground,werescatteredafewmiserablestalksofwheat,theeffect,nodoubt,ofacuriousdesireonthepartoftheagriculturistsofthecountrytoseewhethersuchathingastheraisingofgraininthoseparchedregionswaspracticable.

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