Members have the benefit also of special prices in a certain number of affiliated hotels; and this advantage holds good in the purchasing of guide-books and Staff (Etat-major) maps, as well as those of the 'Ministère de l'Intérieur,' the T.C.F., etc. They may insert notices regarding the sale or purchase of travelling requisites in the 'Revue' (1 fr. per line). The 'Comité de Contentieux' is ready to give them counsel with regard to travelling, and 3,000 delegates in all the principal towns are retained to give advice and information about the curiosities of art or of Nature of the neighbourhood, as well as concerning the roads, hotels, motor-agents, garages, etc. Members are accorded free passages across the frontier for a bicycle or motor-bicycle. For a motor-car the association gives a 'Triptyque' ensuring free passage through the 'douane,' etc. * * * * * TO TOUR FRANCE IN COMFORT JOIN THE 'TOURING-CLUB DE FRANCE' * * * * * BEAUTIFUL FRANCE _Auvergne and the Central Plateau_ Volcanic in origin, this fantastically picturesque region contains numerous watering-places famous, since time immemorial, for their health-giving, warm mineral-water springs. Its deep, smiling valleys and rugged mountain peaks are readily accessible to excursionists--thanks to the good roads--and are known to motorists the world over. After world-renowned _Vichy_, the thermal stations of _La Bourboule_, _Mont-Dore_ and _St. Nectaire_--all within easy distance of one another--merit the tourist's attention. Other places of interest are: _Thiers_ (celebrated for its cutlery) and _La Chaise-Dieu_ (14th-century Abbey with incomparable tapestries). _Riom_, with its ancient churches and ruined Abbey of Mozac; _Châtel-Guyon_, famous for its mineral springs; _Royat_, modern watering-place (hot mineral springs), near to _Clermont-Ferrand_, capital of Auvergne, with its magnificent cathedral of Notre-Dame and old Roman Church of Notre-Dame du Port. Situated at the foot of the _Puy-de-Dôme_, the highest of a range of extinct volcanoes (altitude 4,500 ft.), Clermont-Ferrand is a favourite centre for excursions. Nor should _Issoire_ and _Le Puy_ be forgotten. The latter, one of the most remarkable cities of France, contains the famous Château de Chavagnac, birthplace of the illustrious _La Fayette_, equally dear to all liberty-loving peoples. In the district of _Le Cantal_ are the delightful valleys of the _Cère_, _Jordanne_, _Moers_ and _Maroune_. The thermal springs of _Vic-sur-Cère_ and the health resort of _Le Lioran_ (altitude 3,500 ft.) are amongst their numerous attractions. Equally interesting are _Aurillac_, _Mauriac_ and _St. Flour_, the latter with its "sky-scraper" viaduct bridge of Garabit. The ancient city of _Salers_ is well known to archæologists and artists. * * * * *