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salmon. ... In any case, don't argue 

 with Jean Pierre. Once roused, you'll 

 find him rough and irrelevant. Only 

 suggest that salmon had a ripe, full- 

 coloured mien, Jean will retort that he 

 does not like your face, or quote in Breton 

 counterpart such sentiments as these : 



" Your salmon are so fat and red, 



Your chicken are so thin and blue ; 

 'Tis plain to see which God has fed, 

 And which was fed by you." 



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