The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-12-31
Loubette Blaisot :
The White Boat.
TALE OF BRITTANY.

looks on u 80 toe land tLa, 10 Vie SHIRT spaes OF
ID Z. years, b,c.mete grave Of h'e u p'tl can
arui' - A. W. ! a. o. gtester 2 rton OF It's o" n
heron p pu'at OF. and vas tiu' epnvere ed Into
vast AID biooi-st epsd vi icrn 80 of smoking
run.-would naturally expect to fnl In tie ith,e-
tan,s people gloomy aud d'ring, proud, mpe'-
uous, and wsrlke To his ss,onishment he sees
timef surrounded By . race whose character ls In
every respect the reverse Of hi,-auist Thoughtful,
taci,urn almost to dul ness, aud whose might Ike
that q Their powerful yok.d oxen, slurnbsrs and
asks but Tor r.po~ Such Is the ca, especial n
ts hill-eoun.ry Of lie vsndes proper. the region Of
pure Fetish blood the pope of the piain-eoun'ry
bordering on old Anj1u, are dsin shsl b. great
| or v.,scity ard iron'liinsm.
| I,is IN contemplating this aspect Of the vendesn
character, that We ssrn to es,imsse the power OF
| that deadly grasp which tic bold hand OF Rs,ou-
Uon mus, have laid On The innermost sanciua-y OF
| populsr feeling, 80 vigorous aud " long sustain
| Cd.
| Bus n The physioenory or The yeniesns be
marked by . general ssmensss. nothing eau be
more varied than the sspec, Of their country. The
| eastern shore is ind ed barren, dark, AMI drsary
but to the sonh. stretches long tract Of undula-
| tns country, rich In golden mssdovs and isrtle
fields and dotted with groups q noble fores, trees,
| IN whose shadow aes,lss many orchard circ ed
chateau aud peaceful hamlet, while here aud there
may be seen many large aud populous village
with spirc point NJ to We skies. The high tedge'
and deep .rnbowsr.d lands. turned to such god
sccount In the burgsG struggle, Of Ns Chousn
warfare, are still The peculiar and distinctive cf ar
sctsri stics Of the scene This 10. Indeed, the Boo
i Il. .t... a.
tracts Of heath seen, Offering the strongest aid
| most picturesque contrast by the bright blossoms
Of tie yellow furzs, sud the purple glow Of the
| bsath-aowsr. 70 the SOLEMN sdgins Of green ~
| which they are bord.red. Totally different 10 the
sppesrahes OF La vendse proper long and bound
| less plsis Of waving corn, almost without trees,
except where some narrow strip II orchard round
points ~ the neghborhood Of chateau or VILLAGE.
No sooner 10 the golden hsrves, brought In, than
the waste and drsary s,ubbls lands sre covered
with loads Of lime. SWING 70 them in the distance.
the appearance of interuliIabc bats-f cid str. IA
with bleaching bones.
| Proceeding onward towards the south. to thS
nsrshes--the bdrdis, as 1t 10 called we aga End
ourselves ia new world. The land here sho i,
IKE sn accident, al ercsption-. creation Of ast a
/
to ripsn on piles, and the aocks to be grazing on
Hosting pastures Ever since the sftee MI. ,sutuiy
Ell ,r,s have been made - reclaim tracts " III,
marsh BY drainage on the Dutch plan. 50 that tbs
d strict should rsther h,vs been called Little Hol
land than Little Poit1u," az Is. Some business
connected With one u these recently drainel tracts
gave me the long desired opportunity OF seeing
something Of tbs mode Of lfs Of the Csbinn
the name by which tie Inhabitants q the reclaim
Land known ss Hut,ers is that appropriated &
the dwoll.rs in ths marsh.
had made IN appointment with Guillaum
Blaisot, the farmer with whom my business l.
be transacted, 70 meet him at Msrns, a. the moun
OF the sevre. opposite to he Isis q Rhc in Pertuis
! Potou. I reached MA,leplis, after very uncor'
Portable Journey b. the diligence, hoIing 10 proces
, by water.
AsIwss waiting 1.-THE door Of the HTS inn %
the arrival o; the noa, tina, mine host hat PROMISE
4 me. perceived N old acquaintance spPro-eL4us
| whom, BY his little wa,coth hat and lis voode
Q leg, hal ~ once recognized A. hstre Bsrsni
batter known Fsi-,ou,. Bersnd was one OF thos
{ equivocsi traders who get livelihood by variou
nanIelsss hAuderafls, and vino, in COMMON pai
/, lance, are said 10 live by their wits. lie now =,
u sured me that business called lin in tie directo
8. in Which was going. ! invi,ed him to enhsr
. with me In tie boat, which 81 that moment cam
alongside lie thankfully accepted M iny,tati q, an
thus secured = companion, who, Il not sltoseth'
Il Trustworthy, was at least ell scqusinied with IL
u country and It's inhabitants, and who was, NOR
over. himself al Interesting subject for my otsa
: vatioa-
= Immediately on leaving Msflepais, We fur