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and the Amblere to Chauspritaine on the Vesdre, where the 

 rivers are for miles shut in by precipitous banks, covered with 

 low woods, scarcely an acre is unlet for Tenderie during the 

 months of August, September, October, and November. 

 The first fortnight of August is occupied in preparations, 

 the rest of the time is the harvest of Grieves." 



