XII. ON THE MAP: ABROAD 



By F. G. AFLALO 



IN jotting down a few further topographical notes, in addition to those 

 already given in the foregoing chapters, an even greater degree of 

 compression is called for, since any attempt at detail would result in 

 another volume of the same size as this. Preference is therefore given 

 to spots either under the British flag, or at any rate already popular 

 with British tourists. Indeed, the sea fishing of the British Empire 

 would embrace almost every fish of importance in the world's oceans, from 

 the harpuku of New Zealand to the tarpon of the West Indies, and tuna of 

 Gape Breton. It has hitherto been the fashion to seek the tarpon in Florida 

 or Mexico, and the tuna in California; but, with no disparagement of the 

 hospitality and good-fellowship of American sportsmen, it becomes a mere 

 question of economy to catch these fish in British waters, since the cost of 

 living in either Eastern Canada or the Caribbean is not much more than half 

 that of the average seaside resort in the United States. Even those to whom 

 money is no object should, on patriotic grounds, spend their fishing holi- 

 days, when possible, in British territory, since the finances of those out- 

 posts of empire are not, as a rule, so flourishing that the natives can afford 

 to lose such custom as may come to them from sportsmen and tourists. 

 At the same time, there is, for many, a peculiar charm about the watering 

 places on the Continent, particularly on the Atlantic coast of France, 

 and along the littoral of the Mediterranean, and some notes on these 

 regions will be found in the following pages. 



I. EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



FRANCE. The seaside resorts of Normandy and Brittany, as well as 

 both north and south of the limits of those old provinces, afford, as might 

 be expected from the narrow strait between, much the same sport as our 

 own south coast towns, though the inshore waters are for the most part 

 less fished by amateurs, and yield, in consequence, better baskets. Thus 

 even Calais, the pier of which is the meeting place of many anglers through- 

 out the year, gives excellent sport at times, and so often described in the 

 "Field" by my esteemed friend, *'Sarcelle," otherwise H.B.M. Consul- 

 General at Calais. Sportsmen use either the local "jigger," or ordinary 



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