250 HINTS ON ANGLING. 



Garonne at St. Michel; the Aussonelle, which -runs but 

 a short course; La Save, which flows a considerable 

 distance, and embraces many small tributaries ; La 

 Cimone, which receives several small feeders, and runs 

 a lengthened course; the Arrats, which has a long run; 

 the Groque, which is but a short stream ; Le Gers, which 

 has several tributaries, and rolls along in considerable 

 volume; and La Bayse, which receives the waters of 

 many tributaries that fill the surrounding country, 

 until they are met by many of the auxiliaries of the river 

 Adour. 



These streams and their tributaries will crowd the 

 angler's route, and give him plenty of occupation for 

 more than half the distance across the country from 

 Toulouse to the sea. The other half he will find 

 occupied by the Adour and its tributary waters. 



THE ADOUE. 



True to the signal, on the bright Gabas, 



We launched our fragile bark. The muffled oar 



Urged, unperceived, our bold adventurous course, 



And, as the thoiisand brawling streams which gush 



Forth from the bosom of the Pyrenees 



On whose hoar brows, white with eternal snows 



The sun still lingered with his parting smile, 



As if enamoured of the lovely scene 



Swelled the broad channel of the swift Adour, 



We flew with hastening speed and throbbing hearts, 



To seek a lasting refuge and a home 



In Bayonne's sheltering wall. The Widow's Appeal. 



THE streams which flow into the sea in the vicinity of 

 Bayonne, are of a first rate-character, as far as the objects 



