Rambles On the Riviera Being Some Account of Journeys Made En Automobile And Th
Rambles On the Riviera Being Some Account of Journeys Made En Automobile And Th
Francis Miltoun
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Toulon has among its great men of the past the name of the Chevalier Paul, perhaps first and foremost of all the seafarers of France since the day of Dougay-Trouin. He had fixed his residence in the valley of the Dardennes, with a roof over his head " tout a fait digne d'un prince. " In the month of February, 1660, the celebrated sailor received Louis XIV. , Anne of Austria, the Due d 'Orleans, Cardinal Maz- arin, " la grande Mademoiselle, " innumerable princes and seigneurs, four Secretaires d...'fitat, the ambassador of Venice, and the papal nun- cio. This royal company was splendidly feted, much after the manner of those assemblies held in the previous century in the chateaux of Tou- raine. The Chevalier bore until his death the title of supreme " Commandant de la Marine, " and when his death came, at the age of seventy, he made the poor of the city his heirs. One memory of Toulon, which is familiar to students of history and romance, are the pris- ons and galleys of other days. Dumas draws a vivid picture of the life in the galleys in one of his little known but most absorbing tales, " Gabriel Lambert.
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