200 HINTS ON ANGLING, 



VIII. 



But what are they, and what are all, 



To us, my friends, this bright spring day ? 



Come, haste we to yon waterfall, 

 Where golden trouts incessant play ; 



There, steeped in Nature's gentlest joys, 



Forget the world and all its toys ! 



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And when the Sun his mid-day heat, 

 Pours down upon the sultry glade, 



We'll find some snug and cosy seat, 

 On which the light repast to spread ; 



Then come what will, or weal or woe, 



We'll crush yon flask of light Bordeaux ! 



There are two rivers which join each other at Arras, 

 and, a few miles above their junction, are fishable for 

 trout. The one is the river Scarpe, and the other, the 

 Crinchon. The latter has the reputation of being the 

 better stream of the two for the fly-fisher's purpose. 

 They both flow through fertile valleys and pretty 

 villages, and ever and anon present gems of rural beauty 

 for the artist or the enthusiast. 



The Scarpe takes its rise at a small village called 

 Berg, near Aubigny. Below the town of Arras, the 

 Scarpe is not fishable for trout ; above it, sport may be 

 obtained. The red palmer and the black gnat flies are 

 good in June, when the waters are pretty clear in both 

 the Scarpe and Crinchon. Pike, eels, and perch, etc., 

 all of an immense size, are commonly found in the 

 canal, and in the still waters which surround this 

 town. 



Arras is a place of great antiquity, and was the capital 

 of the tribe of Gauls distinguished by the name of 



