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Updated: May 22, 2025
They have to contend with two great scourges: hail that is so often brought by the thunder-storms in summer, and which the proximity of the Pyrenees may account for; and the south-east wind le vent d'autan that comes across from Africa, and scorches up the crops in a most mysterious manner. But for this plague the yield of fruit would be enormous.
But the vent d'autan the wind from the south-east is now blowing, and, although there is too much air, one gasps for breath. The brilliant blue fades out of the sky, and the sun just glimmers through layers of dun-coloured vapour. It is a sky that makes one ill-tempered and restless by its sameness and indecision. But the wind is a worse trial.
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