174 ANGLING. 



There are English flies _ and English fishing tackle to be had in 

 most of the towns in this part of the Continent; not in great 

 quantities, bnt sufficient for cases of emergency. 



We should recommend the angling in Picardie to that of the 

 department just named. In no part of the north of Eranee will 

 the angler find, upon the whole, better and more agreeable sport 

 than in this section of the country lying between the Gauche and the 

 mouth of the Seine. The whole of the rivers, with the exception 

 of the Somme, though small, have a pretty good trout bottom are 

 clear and sparkling run through a comparatively hilly country, 

 and flow directly to the sea. Most of all these rivers have also a 

 considerable fall, and on this account the streams are rippling and 

 continuous. The great road from Mqntreuil cuts them all at right 

 angles; and, therefore, every facility is afforded, at a low price, for 

 travelling expeditionary from one water to another. Besides, in no 

 part of Erance, from Havre to Belgium, are there more picturesque 

 and beautiful views than in this ancient province of Picardie. 



There are three rivers which pour their waters into the ocean at 

 Dieppe, the Arques, the Eaulne, and the Betlmne. They have each 

 a run up the country of about twenty miles. The two last named 

 streams are the best for trout. Erom this town to Havre, the 

 tourist will fall in with the Durdent, at a place called Cany, and 

 with the Fecamp at a town of the same name. There is good 

 fishing in both waters. 



The part of Erance which, to English tourists, goes under the 

 name of Normandy and Brittany, has, since the termination of 

 the war in 1816, been a favourite place for the British angler. 

 The sport, however, of late years, has fallen off a good deal. 

 This part of the country is easily approached from Havre, by 

 steam-boat or otherwise. There is no part of this kingdom that can 

 be wandered over, rod in hand, with greater pleasure than these 

 ancient, and to Englishmen especially, highly interesting sections 

 of the Erench territory. We shall make no apology for intro- 

 ducing here a few notes from the journal of a friend who has 

 recently traversed this tract with rod in hand and fishing-basket 

 on his back. Though well entitled to be made public, it has never 

 yet been set in type. 



" After having had a pleasant run among the rivers and streams 

 of old Picardie, I took up my abode at Havre for a few days, being 

 somewhat dodged with an inward controversy, whether I should 

 take the great river Seine, and its numerous tributaries, right 

 on to Paris, or slip over the water and have a ramble through the 

 old and interesting departments, which formerly went under the 

 name of Normandy and Brittany. I ruminated within myself on 

 this question for some time ; and at length I made up my account 

 for the Norman waters, as I flattered myself I should here find 

 some of my angling countrymen; and would, beside, if the 

 accounts I had previously received were founded in truth, receive 

 no little pleasure and amusement from the varied and rippling 

 streams, and lively scenery, of this division of Erauce. 



