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or red-worm. It abounds with fine rushing and sparkling 

 gushes, in which trout love to sport and revel. Vitry is 

 not a place of any great note. 



A little below the town, the Marne receives the waters 

 of a river called the Saulx which runs a course of about 

 thirty miles from its rise, and abounds with good trout. 



In wandering down the river, the angler will arrive at 

 Chalons-sur-Marne ; near which place the stream is divi- 

 ded into two branches, and is made subservient to the 

 purposes of navigation in conjunction with the canal. 

 The cathedral the churches and the public library, 

 containing twenty thousand volumes deserve an attentive 

 inspection. 



From Chalons-sur-Marne to Epernay, the Marne con- 

 tinues to be a good fishing river ; and many anglers affirm 

 that trout of a large size are occasionally killed in this 

 direction. This town is not a place of any considerable 

 note ; but it is neat, and tolerably well built. 



From Epernay to Chateau Thierry, the waters of the 

 Marne become deeper and broader, but are full of trout; 

 and the fly, minnow, and red-worm, may be successfully 

 used, especially the two former, from May to the end of 

 August. This is a town of historical importance. It was 

 founded by the celebrated Charles Martel, in the year 

 720. As a fortress, it has sustained numerous attacks, 

 and was repeatedly taken and retaken during the feudal 

 wars which desolated France. An unsuccessful attack 

 was made upon it by the English in the year 1270. 

 Chateau Thierry was the birth-place of the celebrated 

 La Fontaine, to whose memory the French Government 

 has erected a marble statue. 



The town of Meaux, is the last place of any consequence 

 on the Marne before it mingles its waters with the Seine. 



