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Show FAMED SPRINGS OF VERNET. Town Amid Mountains Called the Paradise of the Pyrenees. A correspondent writes: "Vcrnot calls Itself on Its noto pnpor tho paradise para-dise of tho Pyrenees nnd it lias cor-tnlnly cor-tnlnly somo Justification for this pieco of conceit, for a moro beautiful llttlo placo I havo seldom como ncross. night nwny up on tho wild valloys of tho eastern Pyrenees, which llo closo to tho Spanish frontlor, tho green oasis which surrounds Vernet ndds a charm to tho scenery nnd gives nn nir of freshness nnd coolness which makes ono qulto forget oven in mid-August tho hot, dusty Journey ncross Frnnco. "Vornet 1b, of courso, first and fore most. Vornet-les-Hnlns owos its existence ex-istence so fnr ns tho outsldo world Is concorned to tho wcnlth of mineral springs, which nro said to bo in their way as efllcaclous as thoso of tho hotter hot-ter known rosorts of tho western Pyrenees. It Is clnlmod for Vornot nnd with Justice that its sulphurous wnters, whllo efficacious In the euro of nournsthonln, rheumatism nnd some affections of tho skin, aro not so strong as thoso of othor plncos and can thoroforo bo safely used' by patients pa-tients whoso constitutions nro not vigorous vig-orous enough to stnnd tho moro powerful pow-erful springs of tho westorn Pyrenees. It has tho furthor ndvnntngo of bolng open all tho'yenr round nnd nrrwigo-mcntB nrrwigo-mcntB uro mndo -for continuing tho trentmont not only In spring and autumn, au-tumn, but during tho comparative!) mild whiter. Tho amount of wntcr Is enormous In fnct, n largo Homar. swimming bath Is entirely fed by the mineral springs. ' "Vornot Is, howovor, moro thnn t moro health resort. It is a chnrmlng contor for tourists, though I shoulc ndviso tlieso to avoid If posslblo the hot summer months nnd como Ir. spring or nutumn, Ovor 2,000 fcoi nbovo tho sea, It Is frco from tho great heat, nnd tho protty green pnrk whlcn surrounds tho Kstnbllssoment Is always al-ways kopt fresh, full udvnntngo belnr; 'tnken of tho many streamlota which run down from tho mountain sldo. There nro endless climbs und wnlks ovor tho mountnlns, from 10,000-foot Canlgou downward, whllo Mont Louis-nnd Louis-nnd Bourg Madam, tho Inst town on tho Fronch sldo, ns well ns I'ulcordn, tho first on tho Spanish, nro all within easy reach. Thoro, aro plenty of trout In tho many streams running into the vnlloy of tho Tet and It Is snld that thoro nro mnny Mznrd,' n kind of clinniols, in tho mountnln. I cortnlnly buw oijo brought In on tho dny of tho opening of tho 'chnsso.' Living Is ns you llko to hnvo It; tho compnny which runs tho Kstnbllssoment hns hotels ho-tels with prices to suit all purses." Wostmlnstor Gazette. |