232 SPORTING IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. 



for change. The Hoyoux fishing was too confined for my 

 erratic views, the shooting was certainly no great tempta- 

 tion, and the petits soupers of my friend were beginning to 

 be a little too much for me. I had received very favourable 

 reports of a certain part of the Upper Rhine as a residence 

 exactly suited to my taste and purse, and, with many regrets, 

 bade adieu to the banks of the Meuse, and the hearty, yet 

 unostentatious hospitality of Monsieur M . 



