. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. cessfulagricultural experiment which is still beingcarried out hereabouts. La Mottes hotels andcafes are but ordinary, and there is no counterattraction of boulevard or park to place thetown among those lovable places which trav-ellers occasionally come upon unawares. To realize the Sologne at its best and in itsmost changed aspect, one should follow theroadway from La Motte to Blois. He mayeither go by tramway a vapeur, or by his ownmeans of communication. In either case he why the prosperity of the Sologneand the con
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. cessfulagricultural experiment which is still beingcarried out hereabouts. La Mottes hotels andcafes are but ordinary, and there is no counterattraction of boulevard or park to place thetown among those lovable places which trav-ellers occasionally come upon unawares. To realize the Sologne at its best and in itsmost changed aspect, one should follow theroadway from La Motte to Blois. He mayeither go by tramway a vapeur, or by his ownmeans of communication. In either case he why the prosperity of the Sologneand the contentment of the Solognat is assured. Eomorantin, still characteristic of the So-logne and its historic capital, is famous for its The Blaisois and the Sologne 89 asparagus and its paternal chateau of Fran-Qois Premier, where that prince received thescar upon his face, at a tourney, which com-pelled him ever after to wear a beard. To-day the Sous-Prefecture, the Courts andtheir prisoners, the Gendarmerie, and the The-atre are housed under the walls that once. Native Types in the Sologne formed the chateau royal of Jean dAngou-leme; within whose apartments the gallantFrangois was brought up. The Sologne, like most of the other of thepetits pays of France, is prolific in supersti-tions and traditionary customs, and here forsome reason they deal largely of the marriagestate. When the paysan solognais marries, he 90 Old Touraine and the Loire Country takes good care to press the marriage-ring wellup to the third joint of his spouses finger, else she will be the master of the house,which is about as well as the thing can be ex-pressed in English, It seems a simple precau-tion, and any one so minded might well do thesame under similar circumstances, provided hethinks the proceeding efficacious. Again, during the marriage ceremony itself,each of the parties most interested bears alighted wax taper, with the belief that which-ever first burns out, so will its bearer die a grue
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