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As the Seine flows on from this point towards Melun, it 

 receives the river Loing, which runs a course of about 

 forty miles, and abounds with trout. This junction takes 

 place near Fontainebleau, a place famous in the annals of 

 the French monarchy. At Melun, the Seine becomes a 

 large stream, but will still afford the angler a fair share of 

 his favourite sport. 



A few miles below Melun, the river Essonne runs into 

 the Seine. This tributary is about thirty miles in length, 

 and the angler will find it well worthy of a passing notice. 

 The Seine, from the junction of this stream to Paris, 

 need not be particularly described: one or two small 

 rivers lose themselves in its waters, but they are of little 

 importance to the angler. 



From the capital to Havre, a long distance, the Seine 

 is a navigable rather than a fishing river; but the 

 angler will find our statement to be correct, that every 

 minor stream or rivulet which runs into the parent river, 

 between Paris and the sea, is full of good trout, and will 

 yield him capital sport. As a proof of this, we shall just 

 mention, that there is a small stream which runs into the 

 mouth of the Seine at Honfleur, out of which trout have 

 been repeatedly taken of more than five pounds weight. 

 This stream merely runs a few miles into the country; 

 and it is too small to be delineated on any general map of 

 France. 



The principal tributary, exclusive of the Oise, which 

 the Seine receives in its course from Paris to the ocean, a 

 distance, including all the windings of the stream, of not 

 less than two hundred miles, is the river Eure, which 

 flows a long distance through the country from its source, 

 and near its junction with the main river, swallows up 

 the waters of the Iton, which traverses a short distance 



