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The angler will meet with the river Herault, at the 

 town of Agde ; but he must wander some distance up the 

 stream before he will find good fishing water. The 

 Herault contains excellent trout, both as respects quality 

 and size; and when its waters are in good condition, 

 tolerably fair sport may be obtained. The river has a 

 run of forty or fifty miles from its source above Le 

 Vigan, and many of the villages along its banks are 

 exceedingly beautiful. 



The small river Orbe flows past the town of Beziers, 

 Avhich is an ancient and prettily situated place. It is a 

 good stream, and has a run of about thirty miles. Its 

 course is very winding and circuitous, and it abounds in 

 gushes of excellent running water, beautifully adapted 

 for the angler's favourite instrument, the fly. 



About four miles from Old Narbonne, the angler will 

 cross the river Aude, which traverses a considerable 

 extent of country from its source in the Pyrenees. This 

 is an excellent trout-stream. Its waters run bright and 

 purling, and when they are in fine condition, the fly will 

 do tremendous execution. 



If the angler has time, he must give a peep into 

 Narbonne. Its great antiquity renders it peculiarly 

 interesting. It was the first colony which the Romans 

 founded on the Gallic side of the Alps; and this fact, 

 combined with its more modern attractions the cathe- 

 dral, with its noble choir the churches the museum 

 and the public library, contributes to give the old place 

 considerable claims to the stranger's attentive regard. 



In the neighbourhood of Perpignan, and between 

 Perpignan and the Pyrenees, many small streams fall 

 into the Gulf of Lyons, the principal of which, the Basse 

 and the Tet, flow past the town. All these waters 



