182 ANGLING. 



higher waters, is a good river. All its feeders abound with trout. 

 English fishing-tackle is to be had in many shops in the capital. 



The British anglers have not generally frequented the fishing 

 rivers in the south of France. There are, however, extensive 

 ranges of these, where the sport can be obtained in abundance. 

 The Loire, and its numerous tributaries, more especially in their 

 higher localities, afford a pleasant range of amusements. So like- 

 wise do the Garonne, and its feeders. 



The lihone and the Saone, with all their dependent rivers, are 

 very full of fish ; and the fly-fishing on some of the smaller streams 

 is very good. 



The various rivers of the Pyrenees are first-rate spots for agree- 

 able rod-fishing. 



Italy and Spain afford good fishing to those who can penetrate 

 up the higher branches of the rivers of these important countries. 

 Rod-fishing has been practised there for ages. Most all the old 

 paintings and engravings of Italian artists, depict angling with a 

 rod, as a standard item in their landscapes; and in Spain, the 

 gentle art is of great antiquity. As a proof of this, there is a very 

 fine copper coin in the British Museum, of the age of Augustus, 

 bearing the mark of Carteia, a town in Spain, on one side of which 

 there is a well-defined representation of a man angling with a rod 

 and line, and a fishing basket by his side. 



There is good angling in the Meuse, the Moselle, and in the 

 higher waters of the Rhine, and in all their numerous feeders. 

 There are several fishing clubs established in these localities. 



The salmon fishing in Norway and Sweden, has been zealously 

 prosecuted of late years by British sportsmen. They have pene- 

 trated even into Russia, and the various tributaries of the Danube . 

 They have met with sport of both a varied and exciting kind. 



