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Boss, Lough Arderry, Lough Inagh, and many 

 others which might be mentioned, if it were 

 worth while to spin out a geographical list of 

 brown-trout lakes. Indeed, from Galway to 

 Clifden there is plenty of fishing after the 

 village of Moycullen, six miles from Galway, 

 is reached. There is a mountain-stream at 

 this village. Farther on, at Outerard, a busy 

 and more cleanly village than most in this 

 desolate part of the world, there is the 

 pretty Owenriff river, with some good pools, 

 and likely, if there be plenty of water, to amuse 

 the angler for a day or two. Beyond this, he 

 comes upon a perfect chain of waters, some of 

 which have just been mentioned, and many of 

 which only possess local names, and are un- 

 marked on any except the larger-scale maps. 

 They are all of the same character a mile or 

 two in length, with low boggy sides and dark 

 water, full of brown trout up to a pound in 

 weight, and if connected at all with the sea, 

 inhabited also temporarily by the venturous 

 white trout. They are seldom fished, except 

 by some local angler on a Sunday or a saint's 

 day, until you come to Shindilla and approach 

 those lakes, where the comfortable hotel at 



