. Maple leaves, 1894 [microform] : Canadian history, literature, ornithology. Birds; Authors, Canadian; Oiseaux; Ecrivains canadiens. â "^Tm'i ia of us kive â 401 â at Pitres (1), once the seat of royalty, now a modest, rustic commune â the quiet home of an industrious peasantry. There it lies basking in the scorcliing rays of an August sun, under the shadow of lofty hills, at the junction of the lovely valleys of the Seine, the Eure, and the Andelle rivers; the highest of those hills goes l)y the name of the Hill of the two Lovers, la cote des deux amants. Later on we shall learn why. Fr
. Maple leaves, 1894 [microform] : Canadian history, literature, ornithology. Birds; Authors, Canadian; Oiseaux; Ecrivains canadiens. â "^Tm'i ia of us kive â 401 â at Pitres (1), once the seat of royalty, now a modest, rustic commune â the quiet home of an industrious peasantry. There it lies basking in the scorcliing rays of an August sun, under the shadow of lofty hills, at the junction of the lovely valleys of the Seine, the Eure, and the Andelle rivers; the highest of those hills goes l)y the name of the Hill of the two Lovers, la cote des deux amants. Later on we shall learn why. From a diminutive railway station, the highway, constructed of coble stones, runs over a little bridge, along hedges, rugged stone-walls, and pastures to the small but emi- nently historic village church. In more respects than one, the landscape reminds you of Canada, except that the iuliabitants look poorer, ruder in their ways, less educated, than our peasants. Here, a one-story farm house; next to it, a barn with a thatched roof; close by, men in coarse blue or gray blouses, (no mowing- machines here) reaping the harvest, with the same primitive sickle, used for hundreds of years by their sires; the women, in white ccdiiies gautfrdes, ca[)S, sabots, mantelets, leading the worlc-horses to the wheat fields or barn. The meadows and pasture lands adjoining the farm houses are in general well jtrovided with shade-trees, such as they are. Unfortunately, the uniform mutilation of the tree, by cutting away all its branches down to short stumps, in order to make charcoal and fagots, gives it a heart-broken, hide-bound aspect. Sortdy beset and lanky, the tree looks like a gigantic, closed umbrella, ciowned by a leafy cap with a fringe of green leaves descending to a few feet from tlie soil. We noticed these painful dt'fovmities not only iu Xormandy, but even quite close to Paris; one has to go to England to see ])ro[)er respect shown to parks and trees. Xor- mandy however, as a set-
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