84 EXPERIENCES OF SPORT. 



I remember, on one occasion, starting for the 

 day with an English acquaintance I had picked 

 up, for a river about twelve miles from Quimper. 

 This I knew to be a good spot, as I had had 

 pretty fair sport there before. It was a beauti- 

 ful day, and all that could be desired by the 

 fisherman, with a nice warm wind blowing from 

 the right quarter. We fished, and fished, and 

 tried fly after fly, but they would not have it, 

 nor did we see a trout on the move. 



" Odd/' said my friend, " what is the mean- 

 ing of this ? Let us try lower." 



We did so, but with no better luck ; we 

 fished down the stream towards Quimper, fishing 

 up stream was not the fashion in those days, nor 

 do I think I shall become a convert to the prin- 

 ciple. But under any circumstances we should 

 not have fished up stream, as it would have 

 been taking us from home instead of towards it 

 we always made it a rule to begin at the 

 furthest point, and work our way towards our 

 lodgings. 



About four miles from Quimper we came on 

 a party of French gentlemen who were return- 

 ing, like ourselves, from a day's fly fishing. As 



