dients, 1 in
15, 1 in 11, 1 in 10, and 1 in 8; average, 9.3 per cent; many bad
turns.
La Turbie.--A rude foot-hill climb in the Maritime Alps just back of
Monte Carlo.
Mont Ventoux.--Near Avignon. Length, 20 kilometres; rise 1,600
metres.
Mont Cenis.--Near Turin. The "climb" begins at Susa, on the Italian
side of the mountain, at the 596 metre level, and continues for 22
kilometres to the 2,087 metre level, a 100 h.p. Fiat climbed this in
1905 in 19 minutes, 18 3/5 seconds.
Appendix VI
[Illustration: Metric System]
Appendix VII
THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN FRANCE
Number Value
of Cars Value Exported
Year. Built. Fcs. Fcs.
1898 1,850 8,300,000 1,749,350
1899 2,200 11,000,000 4,259,330
1900 4,100 23,000,000 6,617,360
1901 6,300 39,000,000 15,782,290
1902 7,800 47,000,000 30,219,380
1903 11,500 81,000,000 50,837,140
1904 13,400 106,000,000 71,035,000
1905 20,500 140,000,000 100,265,000
Appendix VIII
HOURS OF MOONLIGHT
Moon 5 days old shines till 11 PM (approx.)
" 6 " " " " 12 PM
" 7 " " " " 1 AM
Moon 15 days old rises at 6 PM (approx.)
" 16 " " " " 7 PM
" 17 " " " " 8 PM
" 18 " " " " 9-10 PM
Appendix IX
[Illustration: The Length of Days]
Appendix X
THE TOURING CLUB DE FRANCE
The Touring Club de France is the largest and most active national
association for the promotion of touring. It is under the direct
patronage of the President of the French Republic, and the interests
and wants of its members are protected and provided for in a full and
practical manner by an excellent organization, whose influence is
felt in every part of France and the adjacent countries.
The membership is over 100,000 and is steadily growing. It includes a
very considerable body of foreign members, those from the United
Kingdom and America alone numbering 5,000, a circumstance which may
be accepted, perhaps, as the best possible proofs of the value of the
advantages which the club offers to tourists from abroad visiting
France.
The annual subscription is 6 francs (5s.) for foreign members. There
is no entrance fee and the election of candidates generally follows
within a few days after the receipt of the application at the office
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