CHAPTER II 



SOME BRETON TROUT STREAMS 



The interior of Brittany is cut by a long 

 sweeping range of highlands, known locally 

 as the Menez Arres. If we refer to a 

 modern large-scale map we shall find this 

 chain marked Montagnes dArree. Yet, 

 though dignified by the name of moun- 

 tains, they are, in reality, only a succession 

 of high moors, rock strewn, covered with 

 gorse and heather, and nowhere do they 

 rise to more than 1,500 feet above sea- 

 level. 



With a blue pencil we can trace them 

 on the map. Beginning at Moncontour 

 in the east, they stretch westward, to 

 rise parallel with St. Brieux and Guin- 

 gamp. From this point they take a south- 

 westerly direction to La Feuille, and 

 almost as far as Le Faou. From here, 



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