104 EXPERIENCES OF SPORT. 



I have diverged from my subject, " Fly 

 fishing/ 7 to show my reader that there is other 

 sport to be had. On some future occasion I 

 shall return to this, and give a fuller descrip- 

 tion of the sea fishing that may be had on the 

 Brittany coast. 



Some four or five miles up the river Odet I 

 found a beautiful little stream. Getting a lad 

 one fine morning to carry the coracle, I wended 

 my way upwards, and got some ten or twelve 

 miles inland. I whipped a few of the likely- 

 looking pools, and caught some very fair trout 

 in full season. I put up at a farm-house that 

 night, intending to fish the stream dow T n, or a 

 part of it, the following day. I should mention 

 that I always carried my gun with me as 

 well, as I was forming a collection of stuffed 

 birds, 



The day broke beautifully, just what a fisher- 

 man delights in seeing. Making a good break- 

 fast, and putting half a loaf, some butter, and a 

 litre of cider in the coracle, I was soon afloat 

 with my gun ready at hand for anything that 

 might get up. 



T never have been particularly fortunate in 



