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a favourite spot for their amusement. The trout in these 

 waters are of good quality, and the several baits of fly, min- 

 now, and red- worm, may all be successfully employed. 



The town is well situated and pretty, and the country 

 round delightfully pleasant and agreeable. The churches 

 and library, etc., are worth a passing notice. 



The English residents, who are tolerably numerous in 

 this town, fish the two rivers which run in its vicinity, 

 the one called the See, and the other the Selam. The 

 latter, which is the larger and better stream of the two, 

 takes its rise above the town of St. Hilaire. The min- 

 now is the best bait in these waters. The trout are 

 sometimes large, and invariably of good quality. 



There is a good public library in Avranches, contain- 

 ing upwards of ten thousand volumes. In it, is deposited 

 the curious manuscript of Peter Abielard, called Sic et 

 Non, which has been recently translated into French by 

 Victor Corisin. 



A few miles from Avranches, the angler will come 

 upon the river Couesnon, which enters the sea below 

 Pontorson, and rises near the town of Fougeres, a place 

 of great antiquity. The course of this river extends over 

 about thirty miles, and abounds with excellent trout. 

 In these waters also, the minnow will be found to be the 

 best bait. 



Sbt. JWalo. 



Should the angler determine to commence his sport 

 in this part of Normandy, he can leave Havre, as we said 

 before, by steam-boat, almost every day in summer, for 

 St. Malo. Here he will find the river Ranee, which is 



