4O Rambles with a Fisliing-Rod. 



any way favourable. But at the same time, 

 with hardly an exception, all the rivers and 

 loughs containing " white " trout (this one 

 name must be taken to express all the dif- 

 ferent species of sea -trout) and salmon are 

 let either to proprietors for their private 

 use, or to lessees, who make a profit from 

 the fishery either by hauling with nets or 

 by hiring out the fishing to those who are 

 residing at the adjoining hotels. Thus, when 

 the wandering angler arrives in Connemara, he 

 no longer finds, as he would have done ten or 

 twelve, or even five or six, years ago, that he 

 can fish in any place. Nous awns changd tout 

 ccla; and unless he is a friend of some pro- 

 prietor, or cares to pay in most cases a good 

 round sum for his fishing, he must not unpack 

 his rod. The prices of the fishing vary, so 

 that it is not fair to give one or two as any- 

 thing like those which may be considered as 

 general. Angling, however, on the Ballyna- 

 hinch fishery costs ten shillings a-day, and two 

 pounds ten a-week. 1 Again, at Skreeb, where 



1 For full particulars, apply to G. J. Robinson, Esq., 

 Roundstone, vid Galway. The river Erriff at Leenane can 

 also be fished at the same rate. 



