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This town is pleasantly situated on the river Ternoise, 

 and affords a pretty central position for the angler ; being 

 but a short distance from some very good streams. It is 

 a place of some antiquity. It was taken and fortified by 

 the French in 1537; but three years afterwards was cap- 

 tured and destroyed by the Spaniards, under Charles V. 

 The town is contiguous to the sources of several trout- 

 streams ; and the accommodation at the Hotel d' Angleterre 

 is clean and comfortable. Civility and cheapness are 

 pleasantly combined; and as the scenery is very pretty, 

 and the neighbouring waters favourable for trout, a few 

 days may not be disadvantageously passed by the angler, 

 in this vicinity. 



This is unquestionably the very best place in the 

 department of the Pas de Calais, for an angler to take up 

 his quarters at, for a few days, as a kind of central post. 

 Trout-streams are all round him ; and all are most con- 

 veniently situated for his purpose. 



The town itself is of modern date, having been founded 

 so late as the year 1554, by Philibert Emanuel, duke of 

 Savoy. It was taken by Louis XIII. in 1639, and ceded 

 to France, in common with other towns once in the pos- 

 session of the Spaniards, by the treaty of the Pyrenees. 



The position of Hesdin is very imposing. It is situated 

 in the rich valley of the Canche, surrounded by lofty, 

 well-wooded hills, and beautifully ornamented with gar- 

 dens, and pleasant walks, and shady avenues. The air is 

 particularly salubrious, and the general appearance of the 

 town and neighbourhood extremely neat, pleasant, and 

 agreeable. 



