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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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