. The bird . small belt of haze which ranalong its border. The climate is intermediate. In the valley, whichis that of the Tarn, and which shares the mildness ofthe Garonne and the severity of Auvergne, we findnone of those southern products common everywherearound Bordeaux. But the mulberry, and the meltingperfumed peach, the juicy grape, the sugared fig, andthe melon, growing in the open air, testify that we arein the south. Fruits superabounded with us ; oneportion of the estate was an immense vineyard. Memory vividly recalls to me all the charms ofthis locality, and its varied character. I
. The bird . small belt of haze which ranalong its border. The climate is intermediate. In the valley, whichis that of the Tarn, and which shares the mildness ofthe Garonne and the severity of Auvergne, we findnone of those southern products common everywherearound Bordeaux. But the mulberry, and the meltingperfumed peach, the juicy grape, the sugared fig, andthe melon, growing in the open air, testify that we arein the south. Fruits superabounded with us ; oneportion of the estate was an immense vineyard. Memory vividly recalls to me all the charms ofthis locality, and its varied character. It was neverotherwise than grave and melancholy in itself, and itimpressed these feelings on all about it. My father,though lively and agreeable, was a man already aged,and of uncertain health. My mother, young, beautiful,austere, had the queenly bearing of the North American, ^with a prudence and an active economy very rare inCreoles. The estate which we occupied formerly belonged 22 HOW THE AUTHOR WAS LED TO.
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