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A FRENCH FISHWOMAN. 



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It is a pity that the guide-books say so little about these and 

 similar places. The fishing quarter of Boulogne is not unlike 

 Newhaven : there is the same " ancient and fish-like smell," 

 the same kind of women with a very short petticoat, the only 

 difference being that our Scottish fishwives wear comfortable 



A FRENCH FISHWOMAN. 



shoes and stockings. We can see too the dripping nets hung 

 up to dry from the windows of the tumble-down-like houses, 

 and the gamins of Boulogne lounge about the gutter's side on 

 the large side stones, or run up and down the long series of 

 steps just the same as the fisher-folks' children do at home. 



It is only, however, by penetrating into the quaint villages 

 situated on the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, that we 



