Along France's river of romance: . ds, whichcover all the lower slopes. One can discern Menetreolhalf concealed in a hollow, Thauvenay whose red roofsalone are visible, and farther off the two scatteredhamlets of Saint-Bouize and Couargues, which havefound their place in literature in a book by Monsieur deMontalivet. Beyond them is the chateau de Lagrange,set in the wooded expanses of its vast park, an estatewhich the Montalivet family still owns. In every foldand hollow of the hills are villages and hamlets. Justopposite you is the promontory of Tracy, jutting proudlyout; Pouilly can be seen
Along France's river of romance: . ds, whichcover all the lower slopes. One can discern Menetreolhalf concealed in a hollow, Thauvenay whose red roofsalone are visible, and farther off the two scatteredhamlets of Saint-Bouize and Couargues, which havefound their place in literature in a book by Monsieur deMontalivet. Beyond them is the chateau de Lagrange,set in the wooded expanses of its vast park, an estatewhich the Montalivet family still owns. In every foldand hollow of the hills are villages and hamlets. Justopposite you is the promontory of Tracy, jutting proudlyout; Pouilly can be seen beyond it, standing whiteamong its vines ; and, vaguer and less distinct, theweather-beaten towers of La Charite, backed by thebare plateaux of the Donziois, and the low tree-lined SANCERRE 120 hills of the Nivernais. Turning northwards, one seesthe circle of Sancerre with its curious narrow old houseshuddled together; then the Loire again ; Cosne with itswooded islands ; and the great plateau of La Puisaye t*4^>^/ .^^ikaajM -^. The Loire near Pouilly-sur-Loire all dotted with villages and towns. There are no hillson this side to impede the view, which stretches evento where the great forest of Orleans grows blue on thehorizon. The heather and broom on IOrme-au-Loup make it 130 THE LOIRE a lovely resting-place ; and when you tire of the viewyou may recline on the softest of pillows and look upat the sky, or even watch merely the blue smoke risingfrom the end of your cigarette, or the grey smoke fromyour lips. During the Wars of Religion, Sancerre was forProtestantism and Henry of Navarre. It was natur-ally a very strong place, and withstood several sieges,
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