par là, i.e. par cette ceinture de bois

4. La Grénetière. This name, a derivative of grain, would {mply that the farm was very productive of wheat, but the author takes care to add that “one might say that it was rather inappropriate.”

Page 2.—1. couleur de nuages d’été. The flower of the buckwheat is either white or pale red.

2. que traversait un ruisseau. When the subject of a relative clause is quite long, it is better placed after the verb as here. There are many illustrations of this construction through the book. Usethe passive voice in English.