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waters are clear and rippling, break repeatedly into fine 

 eddies, and brawl away over a pure and stony bed. 



The town of Brive is most beautifully situated in the 

 sweet valley of the Correze. It contains good churches, 

 a public library, and a college; and was, moreover, a 

 place in which our countrymen once cut a figure in the 

 old iron times. There is an old Gothic house, still in 

 decent preservation, which was built by them in those 

 days. 



From Brive, to its junction with the Dordogne, the 

 Vexere continues to be a favourable stream for the 

 purposes of the angler. 



Bergerac is a very ancient town; and is mentioned 

 in the Itinerary of Antoninus under the name of 

 Trajectus. The river is here crossed by a bridge of 

 five arches. There is a theatre in the town, and also a 

 public library, in which there is a beautiful portrait of 

 the celebrated Gabrielle d'Estre'es. 



At the town of Libourne the stream called the Isle 

 enters the Dordogne. This is a considerable river, 

 running a distance of nearly eighty miles from its source 

 in Upper Vienne. A little before its junction with the 

 Dordogne it receives the waters of the Dronne; and 

 further up its course, embraces several other tributaries, 

 such as the Salambre, the Vien, the Loue, the Beau- 

 ronne, the Durche, the Loutour, and numerous smaller 

 rivulets. In all these waters, many fine fish will be 

 found,. and the whole of the streams in this locality are 

 well adapted, either for red- worm, minnow, or fly. 



Before the angler sets forth to visit the higher waters 

 of the Garonne, he will, as a matter of course, spend a 

 few days in the beautiful city of Bordeaux, one of the 

 finest ports in France, and altogether a place having 



