. Unfrequented France by river and mead and town. rtly to vineyards andpartly to market-gardens. The figs and pears arecelebrated, and are exported to foreign cream, also, is of high repute. There are,besides, salt-marshes, producing considerable quan-tities of salt. The lie de Re formed part of thedowry of Eleanor of Aquitaine, arid on her marriagewith Henry the Second passed into the hands of theEnglish. The steamer stops at St. Martins, a little townwith houses in yellow, brown, and pink stucco, theirfront doors always wide open, showing an innergarden and trellised vines, makin
. Unfrequented France by river and mead and town. rtly to vineyards andpartly to market-gardens. The figs and pears arecelebrated, and are exported to foreign cream, also, is of high repute. There are,besides, salt-marshes, producing considerable quan-tities of salt. The lie de Re formed part of thedowry of Eleanor of Aquitaine, arid on her marriagewith Henry the Second passed into the hands of theEnglish. The steamer stops at St. Martins, a little townwith houses in yellow, brown, and pink stucco, theirfront doors always wide open, showing an innergarden and trellised vines, making breezy shade atevery corner. Some of the houses are handsomelybuilt, and reminded me of a street in are flowers on the window-sills, flowers in thedoorways, flowers on the roof, something to remindyou of summer everywhere. The refreshing aspectof St. Martins does not end here. The town pos-sesses numerous squares, groves, and planted walksof lime and acacia, whilst the country peeps ineverywhere. The little port with its pink- and. ?*, s wC w
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