CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Symptoms of a Coming Storm A Sportsman's Dinner Old John 

 Pattigo Gale comes on Shawn a tra buoy Seals The Blind 

 Seal . . . . .32 



CHAPTER VIII. 



A wet Day Fly-tying Piscatory Disquisitions The Tinker Lessons 

 in the " Gentle Art" An unexpected Alty . . .38 



CHAPTER IX. 



Sporting Topography of Mayo Hunting Country Fox Covers Lakes 

 Rivers, and Fish A domiciliary Visit Revenue Foray Capture of 

 drunken Distillers Alarm Midnight Meditations Angling Excursion 

 Goolamore Salmon-fishing English and Irish Hooks Limerick 

 preferable to all others . . . . .43 



CHAPTER X. 



Salmon Fishing described Draughting Fishing precarious Change of 

 Season and Condition Poaching Private Distillation Size and 

 Weight of Salmon Sir H. Davy Migration of Salmon Natural 

 History Anecdotes and Experiments Lernsea Salmons . 47 



CHAPTER XI. 



Mullet Preparations for Mullet-fishing Seals Anecdotes The Red 

 j) war f His mode of killing Seals Catching a Tartar Pitching 

 Compar Nets Excursion on the Island A wild Guide Coursing 

 Comparison between English and Irish Greyhounds Take of Mullet 

 . Return Anecdotes of Mullet-fishing The Homicide . 53 



CHAPTER XII. 



Angling Fish found in Mayo Peasantry Their Mode of Fishing The 

 Pooka Description and use Pike and Trout, their Size Perch Their 

 Fecundity Trout destroyed Greater Lakes described Subterraneous 

 Communication between them Lesser Lakes Their Fish Lake of 

 Derreens Its Trout extinct Lake of Castlebar . 60 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Nineteenth of August Preparations for the Mountains Order of March 

 A Cook Broiled to Death Interruption of a Funeral Drowned Shep- 

 herd Grouse shooting Evening Compotation Morning Locale of a 

 Shooter's Cabin Life in the Mountains The Red Deer Return to 

 the Hut Luxury of a Cold Bath . . . .65 



