266 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



trout streams, did not detract from the 

 enjoyment we expected to derive from 

 our excursions. 



All the smaller rivers and streams in 

 France are full of trout, and they have 

 been fished by expert and experienced 

 anglers, but I never yet met with a 

 brother of the rod who could tell me he 

 had caught a salmon. 



It is somewhat extraordinary that none 

 should have been found in the rivers near 

 the sea- coast, and which discharge them- 

 selves into the ocean. There must be 

 salmon in the Seine, the Somme, the 

 Loire, the Gironde, and the Rhone, but 

 who ever caught any with the fly? I 

 once hooked a young one in the commune 



at Arques, when Captain L was with 



me, in the year 1830, but he (the salmon) 

 carried away my foot-length, and such 

 a fish being in the water was deemed a 



