272 ANGLING 



France, from Havre to Belgium, are there more 

 picturesque and. beautiful views than in this ancient 

 province of Picardie. 



There are three rivers which pour their waters into 

 the ocean at Dieppe, the Arques, the Eaulne, and the 

 BeChune. They have each a run up the country of 

 about twenty miles. The two last-named streams are 

 the best for trout. From this town to Havre, the 

 tourist will fall in with the Durdent, at a place called 

 Cany, and with the Fecamp at a town of the same 

 name. There is good fishing in both waters. 



The part of France which, to English tourists, goes 

 under the name of Normandy and Brittany, has, since 

 the termination of the war in 1816, been a favomrite 

 place for the British angler. The sport, however, of late 

 years, has fallen off a good deal. This part of the 

 country is easily approached from Havre, by steam- 

 boat or otherwise. There is no part of this kingdom 

 that can be wandered over, rod in hand, with greater 

 pleasure than these ancient and, to Englishmen especially, 

 highly interesting sections of the French territory. We 

 shall make no apology for introducing here a few notes 

 from the journal of a friend who has recently traversed 

 this tract with rod in hand and fishing-basket on his 

 back. Though well entitled to be made public, it has 

 never yet been set in type. 



" After having had a pleasant run among the rivers 

 arid streams of old Picardie, I took up my abode at 

 Havre for a few days, being somewhat dodged with an 

 inward controversy, whether I should take the great 

 river Seine, and its numerous tributaries, right on to 

 Paris, or slip over the water and have a ramble through 

 the old and interesting departments which formerly 

 went under the name of Normandy and Brittany. I 

 ruminated within myself on this question for some 

 time; and at length I made up my account for the 

 Norman waters, as I flattered myself I should here find 

 some of my angling countrymen, and would, beside, if 

 the accounts I had previously received were founded in 

 truth, receive no little pleasure and amusement from 



