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dominions ; and the excellent proprietor of 

 it, Dr. Thiel, is liberal and courteous to all 

 gentlemen fly fishers. The Moy, at Ballina, 

 is likewise an admirable salmon river ; and 

 sport, I believe, may almost always be se- 

 cured there in every state of the waters; but 

 the best fishing can only be commanded by 

 the use of a boat. I have taken in the Erne 

 two or three large salmon in the morning; 

 and in the Moy, three or four grilses, or, as 

 they are called in Ireland, graiils; and this 

 was in a very bad season for salmon fish- 

 ing. The Bann, near Coleraine, abounds 

 in salmon: but except in close time, when 

 it is unlawful to fish there, there are few 

 good casts in this river. In the Bush, a 

 small river about seven miles to the east of 

 the Bann, there is admirable salmon fishing 

 always after great floods; but in fine and 

 dry weather there is little use in trying this 

 river. I have hooked twenty fish in a day, 

 after the first August floods, in this river; 

 and, should sport fail, the celebrated Giant's 

 Causeway is within a mile of its mouth, 

 and offers to the lovers of natural beauty, 



