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CHAPTER XXIII. 



A WILD GOOSE CHASE. 



Happening to find ourselves in Limerick one spring- 

 time we were persuaded by a friend to pass a couple of 

 spare days at Lisdoon Varna, ^ith the idea of killing 

 time and possibly getting an odd bit of trouting, so 

 accordingly we took train to Ennis and then a long 

 drive, eventually reaching our destination with a keen 

 desire for food and drink. 



Lisdoon Varna is celebrated for its sulphur- waters 

 and its corkscrew road ; the former attracts a large 

 number of visitors, who are obliged to climb the latter 

 in order to partake of this particular form of nastiness, 

 which, at the time of our visit, was meted out to them 

 by a most excellent medico, who in his spare moments 

 dabbled a bit in science and had just fitted up in his 

 house a magnetic telephone, constructed by himself. 



The hotel is really good and the fare provided quite 

 of the best, as also the whisky prescribed by our friend 

 the doctor, who kindly asked us to his house to spend 

 the latter portion of the evening, and instructed us 

 upon many subjects — many thanks to him ! 



Now Lisdoon Varna, when planning itself out, had 

 evidently decided that it must and should be only ap- 



