CHAPTER V.

The beauty-spot and plague-spot of the Riviera--Arrival at Mentone--Hotel des Isles Britanniques--English church--Her Majesty's Villa--Gardens of Dr. Bennett--Custom-house--Remarks on Mentone--A charming walk--A word about Brigands--An adventure --In the cemetery--A labour of love--A frog concert--Excursion to Monte Carlo--Sublime coast scenery--Castle of Monaco--The sombre Olive--The exodus of the Caterpillars 49

Monte Carlo--In the Concert-room--The Gambling saloons--The Tables--The moth and the candle--The true story of Monte Carlo--An International grievance and disgrace 62