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upon as a person who need not be interfered 

 with. 



Of course, if the upper classes were as fond 

 of this sport in Germany or France as they are 

 in this country, the number of anglers might 

 very soon affect the netting or spearing; but 

 fishermen for the sake of sport are so few and 

 far between on the Continent, that for years to 

 come there is little danger of their being re- 

 garded with suspicion by the proprietors of the 

 fisheries. In France the greatest exceptions 

 to this general rule exist ; for if there are 

 trout-streams near towns of any importance, 

 an amateur de la pdche will from time to time 

 be found who strictly preserves for his own 

 use his own and his neighbours' share of the 

 river. But the considerable subdivision of 

 land in France among a large number of small 

 proprietors makes it almost certain that even 

 if the fishing tourist does happen to light upon 

 the ground of an amateur de la peche, he has 

 only to move a little higher up or a little lower 

 down the stream to find himself on the plot 

 of some person from whose land he may fish 

 as long as he pleases. 



The choice of a companion is one of the 

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