170 CHAPTER XXII. 



main Valley ends in a recess, which would be 

 beautiful if it had not been completely denuded, in 

 these last few years, of the Oak and Pine and 

 Arbutus and Flowering Ash (F. Ormts) which used 

 to shelter and adorn the spot. Sad to say, the 

 Vallon des Fleurs is now desecrated by a pigeon- 

 shooting establishment. 



