The Iton, a tributary of the Eure, is then crossed, and with a beautiful view of steep hills dropping down to the strip of water-meadows by the Eure, the road to Evreux climbs up steadily, making a big bend as it passes through a strip of woodland. The road swings to the right to make a zigzag down into the valley of the Iton, where in descending one has beautiful views of the curving, delicately tinted hills, and a distant glimpse of Evreux, which is entered through a fine avenue. SECTION III EVREUX TO CHARTRES, 47¾ MILES (77 KILOMETRES) DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE Kil. Miles. =Evreux= to Thomer =13= 8 =Thomer= to Nonancourt =16= 10 =Nonancourt= to Dreux =14= 8¾ =Dreux= to Chartres =34= 21 NOTES FOR DRIVERS This portion of the route goes across the great flat plain of St. André and the two little hills, one on leaving Dreux, and another halfway to Chartres, are not worth mentioning. Squalls of wind and rain sometimes assail one with tremendous force. PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE =Evreux.=--Old and historic town, with barracks; cathedral includes several periods, from 1125 to 1630; town belfry, built in 1490, contains bell of 1406; museum, with Roman discoveries from Vieil-Evreux; Church of St. Taurin, Norman and fifteenth century, contains in the sacristy a thirteenth-century silver-gilt reliquary. =Nonancourt.=--Small town, with remains of castle, built by Henry I. of England. =Dreux.=--Hôtel de Ville, in middle of street, built 1512-1537, has fine interior; Chapelle Royale, on hill above town (where are also the ruins of the castle), a burial-place of the Bourbons; Church of St. Pierre, twelfth and fifteenth centuries, with holy-water stoup of twelfth century. Evreux is a cathedral town, with comparatively wide, but very unassuming, streets of old houses, having their original charm generally hidden under a covering of plaster. Cavalrymen, with horsehair falling from their helmets, and the numerous clergy seem to make up a considerable proportion of the population. In walking through the town one frequently comes to little canals, which take the water of the River Iton in several directions, in a similar fashion to the Stour at Canterbury.