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A summer in Touraine (1909)

Lees, George Frederic William, 1872- · London : Methuen · leaf 172

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ses ; and the interior of its grounds hasbeen transformed into fruit gardens. Once more on the road, through a districtof vineyards and orchards and rich pasture-land, diversified, now and then, by a landscapein which tall poplars were the dominatingfeature, we soon came within sight of thedark… … LANGEAIS FROM THE BANKS OF THE LOIRE DOWN THE LOIRE 119 picturesque of which babbles the little riverRoumer. In the midst of the village andon a hillock which entirely dominates it,rise the massive towers of the chateau, withits conical slate roofs and machicolatedcornice. The huge structure is…

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