30 1/2 M. Nanteuil-le-Haudouin. — 35 M. Ormoy-Villers.

38 M. Crépy-en-Valois (Hotels des Trois-Pigeons, de la Gare),
a town with 5213 inhab., was the ancient capital of the Valois,
which belonged to a younger branch of the royal family of France.
It suffered greatly in the wars against the English of the 14-15th cen-
turies. A few traces still remain, on a hill to the left of the station-
gate, of the Chateau des Valois. Among other interesting buildings
are the old collegiate church of St. Thomas (begun after 1180 and
dedicated to Thomas á Becket), with a facade of the 13th and a
tower of the 15th century; the parish church of St. Denis, in the
Romanesque and Gothic styles, with a modern belfry; and the 18th
cent. Town Gates. In the interior of this church the choir (15th
cent.), the pulpit, and the other ancient wood-carvings should be
noticed. — In the Rue St. Denis, which leads hence hack to the
centre of the town, are some quaint houses.

30. From Paris to Sceaux.

An excursion to Sceaux and Robinson and a stroll through the Bois de
Verrieres are recommended to those who are interested in the beauties of
the outlying districts of Paris as distinct from the historic haunts to which
the ordinary tourist usually confines himself.

A. By Tramway, 5 1/2 M., in 1 hr. 5 min. (fares 45 or 25 c). The
cars start at St. Germain-des-Prés (p. 288) and stop at Fontenay-aux-Roses
('correspondance' with other tramways and omnibuses, see Appx.). From
the terminus we have fully 1 M. to walk to Sceaux by a pleasant road,
but there is a tramway from the Champ-de-Mars to Chátenay via Montrouge
(p. 329), Bagneux (see below), Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Sceaux.

The tramway follows the wide Rue de Rennes to the Gare Mont-
parnasse (p. 326). It then turns to the left into the Boul. Mont-
parnasse and immediately afterwards to the right into the Boul.
Raspail, which skirts the Cemetery of Montparnasse. Beyond the
Place Denfert-Rochereau (p. 328), we traverse the Avenue d'Orleans
to the church of St. Pierre-de-Montrouge (p. 329), and then the
Avenue de Chátillon, by which we quit Paris. — Outside the gate
lies Malakoff, a village with 14,341 inhabitants.

Chatillon-les-Bagneux (3353 inhab.) lies at the N. E. foot of a
plateau, now occupied by the Fort de Chátillon.

About 2/3 M. to the E. of Chátillon lies Bagneux. with a monument
erected to the soldiers who fell on Oct. 13th, 1870, in an attempt to storm
the heights then occupied by the German troops Another famous engage-
ment (on Sept. 19th) is commemorated by a monument on the plateau of
Chátillon, 1/2 M. to the S. E. — Bagneux is also on the line of tramway
from the Champ-de-Mars (see above).

At the S.W. end of Chatillon the tramway forks, our route diverg-
ing to the left.

Fontenay-aux-Roses (3402 inhab.; Café-Restaurant de la
Mairie), 1 M. to the S. of Chátillon, has a station on the railway to
Sceaux (omn. to Robinson. 30 c). It carries on a brisk trade in