It is much to be deplored that a district so beautiful should be so unhealthy as it is.
FOOT-NOTES.
11.

_The Cross_.

'The Cross, by angels planted on the aerial rock' (I.
70).

Alluding to the crosses seen on the spiry rocks of Chartreuse.
12._Rivers_.

'Along the mystic streams of Life and Death' (I.71).
Names of rivers at the Chartreuse.
13._Vallombre_.