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The volume provides a practical, descriptive guide to Tours, the Touraine region, and central France, pairing landscape sketches and climate observations with medical advice for invalid travellers. It surveys local scenery and society, outlines the province’s botany and geology, examines viticulture and classifies regional wines, and summarizes the medicinal properties of mineral waters and spas. Chapters offer recommended routes, lodging and hydropathic treatment guidance, meteorological records, and an appendix with passports, currency, and expense information. Occasional historical and architectural notes address châteaux and social institutions, including the Mettray colony.
[A] See the meteorological Register.
[B] See Table of alcoholic strength of wines and liquors. As also the classification of french wines.
[C] See distance Table.
[D] The faluns may be seen to advantage near Manthelan, and Semblançay.
[E] Claret, from the French Clairet, signifying red or rose coloured, is a manufactured wine, being a mixture of several sorts, often of Beni Carlos and Bordeaux, and sometimes Hermitage or Alicant with Bordeaux.