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Chatillon is beautifully situated amongst hills and dales, 

 and its public library and churches are well worthy of 

 notice. 



Between Chatillon and Troyes there is good fishing 

 water; but, before the river reaches the latter town, it is 

 divided into two branches, which are again subdivided 

 into a vast number of little channels for gardening pur- 

 poses the rearing of willows and hemp, and for the 

 convenience of various manufactures and trades. The 

 cathedral and other churches are very interesting at 

 Troyes; and there is a splendid public library, containing 

 fifty or sixty thousand volumes, and more than five thou- 

 sand old manuscripts, which is deserving of the closest 

 attention. At a short distance before the Seine arrives 

 at the town of Nogent-sur- Seine, it receives the waters 

 of the Aube, which is a fine fishing stream, and flows a 

 great distance through the country from its fountain 

 head. It takes its rise very near the sources of the Seine, 

 and runs nearly parallel with that stream as far as 

 Nogent. The Aube, at a town called Bar-sur-Aube, 

 receives another considerable stream called the Anjou, 

 which is an excellent water for trout, although not of 

 very large size. On the whole we should recommend the 

 river Aube for the fly in preference to the Seine, all the 

 way from their respective sources down to their junction 

 at Nogent ; inasmuch as fine rushing pebbly streams are 

 of more frequent occurrence in the former than the 

 latter. 



The drake and woodcock's wing the red, vermilion, 

 and black palmers the black body and yellow wings 

 and the May- fly, will all be found most persuasive incite- 

 ments for the fish in both these rivers. 



Several miles below Nogent, the Seine receives the 



