100 A YEAR OF LIBERTY ; OR, 



and now " with a smile on his lip and a tear in his eye " I 

 am half ashamed of being so happy. Poor Ned, had he only been 

 here !" 



As to numbers, this proved our best day on the lake ; for three 

 hours " the rise ' ' was incessant : twenty-three fish came to our lot, 

 the odd one falling to the share of the professor, who noticed the 

 fact with a solemn countenance and an ill-concealed triumph. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



We go to Castle Pollard Fish Dereveragh for two days Return to MuUingar 

 and Belvidere Visit our old acquaintance Lough Owel And set out for 

 Boyle. 



May 29, 6 a..m. 

 This morning our little household is in a high state of activity. 

 Madame et sa femme de chamhre, in full travelling costume, are hard 

 at work, cramming into a cai-pet-bag articles which by no possibility 

 can be required. Such an opinion being expressed, the cry, " Turn 

 him out, turn him out !" is too unanimous to be resisted objector 

 instantly silenced. Willie, too, is there, locking the basket which 

 holds all our manufacturing treasures. " You are surely not going 

 to drag that to Castle Pollard, when all we can want will be a few 

 small hooks and some light gut !" 



" Sure and I am, though," said he, deliberately placing the strap 

 over his shoulder. " How much would we expect to see else when 

 we cum back ? May be, if an honest gintleman looked thim things 

 over, we might find the kiver, or even the bottom ; sorra a thing 

 else." 



No larks in the world are so light-hearted and vocal as those in 

 the dear island ; the whole summer business of their happy lives 

 seems to be singing from morning till night, and now, having break- 

 fasted, they were up in the blue sky carolling gloria in excdsis. I 



