obelisk,  seventy-six  feet  in  height.  The  base  Is
composed  of  four  pillars,  connected  by  arches,
and  the  whole  structure  has  a  barbaric  air,  com-
pared with  the  more  elegant  monuments  of
Orange  and  Nismes.  Vienne,  which  is  mentioned
by  several  of  the  Roman  historians  under  its
present  name,  was  the  capital  of  the  Allobroges,
and  I  looked  upon  it  with  a  new  and  strange  in-
terest, on  calling  to  mind  my  school-boy  days,
when  I  had  become  familiar  with  that  war-like
race,  in  toiling  over  the  pages  of  Caesar.  We
walked  in  the  mud  and  darkness  for  what  seemed
a  great  distance,  and  finally  took  shelter  in  a
little  inn  at  the  northern  end  of  the  city.  Two
Belgian  soldiers,  coming  from  Africa,  were  al-
ready quartered  there,  and  we  listened  to  their
tales  of  the  Arab  and  the  desert,  while  supper
was  preparing.
The  morning  of  the  25th  was  dull  and  rainy;
the  road,  very  muddy  and  unpleasant,  led  over
the  hills,  avoiding  the  westward  curve  of  the
Rhone,  directly  towards  Lyons.  About  noon,
we  came  in  sight  of  the  broad  valley  in  which
the  Rhone  first  clasps  his  Burgundian  bride —
the  Saone,  and  a  cloud  of  Impenetrable  coal-
smoke  showed  us  the  location  of  Lyons.  A
nearer  approach  revealed  a  large  flat  dome,  and
some  ranges  of  tall  buildings  near  the  river.
We  soon  entered  the  suburb  of  La  Guillotiere,
which  has  sprung  up  on  the  eastern  bank  oi  the
Rhone.  Notwithstanding  our  clothes  were  like
sponges,  our  boots  entirely  worn  out,  and  our
bodies  somewhat  thin  with  nine  days  exposure
to  the  wintry  storms  in  walking  two  hundred
and  ibrty  miles,  we  entered  Lyons  with  suspense
and  anxiety.  But  one  franc  apiece  remained
out  of  the  fifteen  with  which  we  left  Marseilles.
