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much. But the map at this spot is virgin, 

 even tlie Uttle stream has been passed over 

 unobserved. Doubtless it still is safe, and 

 should you come to Brittany and meet my 

 friend he'd be the first to show you his 

 pet pool, and you would fish it while he 

 held the landing-net. 



It would not here be advisable or even 

 possible to try and direct the angler to 

 particular pools. This is a country where 

 poaching is rampant, and where the condi- 

 tions on certain waters may change within 

 a single season. For example, there is a 

 small brook midway between Pont-Aven 

 and Quimperle which now is troutless. A 

 few years back its fishing was excellent. 

 It still has an occasional run of sea- trout 

 after heavy rain. Again, there are streams 

 in the north of INlorbihan in which a few 

 seasons ago it was not worth while to wet 

 a line, but now they hold a quite respect- 

 able head of trout. Still " the fishing is 

 hard to find and hard to get at," so justly 

 writes my friend. The light railways 

 which have been introduced in certain 

 parts of Brittany have not tended to help 

 matters. The poachers from the larger 



