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dance, and, in the season, a very satis- 

 factory sprinkling of woodcocks ; but all 

 kinds of game are more abundant lower 

 down in the province towards Brest, 

 Quimper, and L'Orient. 



Lower Brittany differs as essentially 

 from every other province of France as 

 Wales does from our own counties. The 

 patois of the natives is perfectly unintel- 

 ligible, and is composed of as many con- 

 sonants, and with the same pleasing 

 admixture of barbarous intonation, as the 

 jargon sputtered by the descendants of 

 Cadwallader. 



Some part of Lower Brittany may be 

 termed a wild and uncultivated district ; 

 but the whole of the province presents a 

 variety of attractions to the sportsman. 

 The country abounds in game of all de- 

 scriptions, and its rivers are plentifully 

 supplied with trout. I have shot all over 

 Brittany, and can take upon myself to 



