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there is a small piece of river and two lakes 

 near the sea, there is a solitary house ; and in 

 this fishermen are lodged, and a certain sum is 

 paid for the fishing. These lakes, again, are 

 joined to others the Lake of the Fall and the 

 Heather Lake which again are joined to an- 

 other, locally known as the Causeway, which 

 again is connected with the topmost lake of 

 the chain Lough Shindilla. Nearer Galway, 

 too, we find, for example, a stream at Spiddle 

 which is in private hands. But it is quite 

 possible that a fisherman may come for a 

 week's fishing, pay a good deal for his rod, not 

 a little to boatmen, and something probably 

 for car-hire, and have bright, dry weather, and 

 absolutely get no sport at all. On the other 

 hand, he may be fortunate, and think his sport 

 cheaply obtained though this, indeed, will 

 depend to a large extent on the length of his 

 purse. 



The white-trout fishing does not commence, 

 unless the weather be exceptionally wet, so as 

 to bring up the fish earlier than usual, until 

 the middle of July, and it continues till 

 the end of October. Skreeb and the other 

 places on the coast can be reached by devia- 



