MY TWO DAYS' SALMON 

 FISHING. 



I KNOW all the South and West of Ireland, from frequent 

 visits, and I will call back to memory my first and only 

 two days' salmon fishing. I had been staying at a charming 

 village inn, in an out-of-the-way district on the borders of 

 Lough Corrib, and finding that my time was come to re- 

 turn, had packed up my fishing things sadly, and went for 

 a long evening stroll by the mountain side, for the purpose 

 of taking a farewell of scenes Avhich had grown upon me. 

 I saw a light in my room, and on going in, found a gentle- 

 man and lady playing at cards. Moreover, it was not a 

 dry game of '' spoil five," as I found the game to be that 

 they w^ere playing. " I blush to see you, sir ! " said the 

 male intruder ; " but my woife, to whom I introduce you, 

 was taken rather poorly on the c>/ar, and w^e stopped here 

 for the night, and having no other room, the landlady put 

 us in here, and she has ventured to bring in the groceries, 

 that my Avoife might have a glass o' punch before going to 

 bed." The speaker w^as very broad Irish, with a good- 

 humoured eye ; so I stopped further apologies, and swore 

 eternal friendship on the spot, ratified there and then by 

 Biddy the maid producing a tumbler and S230on ; and Saxon 

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