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VIEWS IN AND ABOUT VENCE

SKETCHES BY FREDERICK H. MARVIN

Vence is a little old town in the lower foot-hills of the French Alps well off the beaten track of the tourists who throng Nice and Monte Carlo. Its pale-rose and yellow plaster houses are surrounded by the medieval town wall; olive-orchards lie beyond; while far off, through gaps in the low hills near the shore, one may catch a glimpse of the Mediterranean, peacock blue on clear days, and dark gray when the mistral ruffles it with whitecaps

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On the shady terrasse of one of the Vence cafés one may smoke one's pipe and while away pleasant hours watching the life of the town winding by along the main street, where the sharp-eyed observer may still note traces of medieval, and even of Roman days

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Sospel is one of the many towns in the country near Vence that Mr. Marvin found interesting and attractive. It has old, very old, narrow streets opening unexpectedly into large arcaded squares. Sospel is very quiet to-day, although in medieval times it was an important town

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Back of the town rise the mountains, and in every other direction one finds long, rolling slopes of hills covered with olive-trees, vineyards, and old stone houses that fit into the landscape most graciously

and harmoniously

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Under lightly constructed sheds, which shelter the wine and the workers from the blistering rays of the Southern sun, wine is dipped up from vats into big earthenware vessels, and is then ready for

shipment

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