THE ANCIENT PROVINCE OF THE PERCHE 33 



the soil of their fathers and always loyal to the old 

 traditions. Around their white ancestral walls old- 

 fashioned flowers grow and sweet-scented roses 

 bloom, and with each recurring advent of spring 

 through dreamy sunny days and under skies of rarest 

 blue the apple blossoms fill with beauty all the land 

 and spread their fragrance. 



Quaint and picturesque, and true always to itself, 

 is this ancient province of The Perche. 



