90 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



R , his Majesty's aide-de-camp, and 



the Comte de N . 



I forwarded by post a long dispatch to 

 my fellow-countrymen at Guimgamp, in- 

 forming them of the good fortmie I had 

 met with, and the comfortable home I had 

 secured for them, and that they would 

 find Quimper le veritable pays de Cocagne, 

 as Captain P had been led to expect. 



The favourable account he had received 

 was by no means exaggerated, and I 

 have no hesitation in saying that Quim- 

 per offers advantages to the sportsman 

 superior to those of any other town in 

 Brittany. Shooting of every description 

 is to be met with there — the fishing is 

 splendid — and the society delightful. 



The Prefet is a most gentlemanly, well 

 informed man, kind, amiable, and hos- 

 pitable , and his confreres follow the bright 

 example set them — the little reunions in 

 the town are especially agreeable, — in 



