258 HINTS ON ANGLING. 



Five or six miles below the junction of the Seille with 

 the Saone, the little river called the Keyssourse enters the 

 latter. This stream runs a course of about twenty miles, 

 and is a very good trout-stream. The villages along its 

 banks are picturesque and beautiful; and the angler will 

 meet with all suitable accommodation and much civility, 

 at a very reasonable rate. 



At the celebrated city of Lyons the two powerful 

 rivers, the Rhone and the Sa6ne, unite their waters. The 

 principal auxiliary which the former receives from its 

 entrance into France, until its approach to Lyons, is the 

 river Am, which traverses a distance of at least seventy 

 miles from its source, which is in the department of the 

 Jura, near a place called Censean. The waters of this 

 tributary are clear and limpid, roll themselves into most 

 delightful streams for the fly, and abound, moreover, with 

 good-sized, and tolerably rich-flavoured fish. The country 

 through which the Ain flows, is, in many of its recesses, 

 the most beautiful and interesting that can be imagined; 

 and the pretty villages are at such convenient distances 

 along its banks, as will afford the angler every facility for 

 the accommodation and comfort he may require on his 

 route. 



At Dorton the Ain receives the river Bienne, which is 

 a good troiit-stream. The fly is the best bait for all these 

 waters. 



If the engagements of the rambling angler will permit, 

 he should, by all means, make his arrangements, in 

 fishing these waters, so as to enable him to spend a short 

 time in the city of Lyons. It is a magnificent French 

 town, of great antiquity, having been a strong and im- 

 portant military station long before the time of Caesar; 

 and most beautifully situated, at the junction of two 



