You must not for a moment expect to find in France those picturesque gardens which enclose the manufacturing towns of Germany; Leipsic, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and the rest. In the Franche-Comte, the more walls a man builds, the more he makes his property bristle with stones piled one above another, the greater title he acquires to the respect of his neighbours.
Ne vous attendez point à trouver en France ces jardins pittoresques qui entourent les villes manufacturières de l’Allemagne, Leipsick, Francfort, Nuremberg, etc. En Franche-Comté, plus on bâtit de murs, plus on hérisse sa propriété de pierres rangées les unes au-dessus des autres, plus on acquiert de droits aux respects de ses voisins.