320 HINTS ON ANGLING. 



Lydveri, Lawe, Maree, Morren, Loch-na-garr, Loch-na- 

 Keal, Ness, Oich, Rannoch, Rausa, Shin, Strathy, Tay, 

 Treag, Vermache, and Veil, etc. 



IRELAND. 



Islets so freshly fair, 

 That never hath bird come nigh them, 



But from his course through air, 

 Hath been won downward by them. 



Types, sweet maid, of thee, 

 Whose look, whose blush inviting, 



Never did Love yet see 

 From heaven, withotit alighting. 



Lakes where the pearl lies hid, 

 And caves where the diamond 's sleeping, 



Bright as the gems that lid 

 Of thine lets fall in weeping. 



Glens where Ocean comes 

 To 'scape the wild wind's rancour, 



And harbours, worthiest homes 

 Where Freedom's sails could anchor. 



Moore. 



IRELAND stands next in celebrity to Scotland for salmon 

 and trout ; and indeed, in the opinion of many experienced 

 and accomplished anglers, is deemed fully equal to that 

 favoured country in all its piscatory capabilities. 



Ireland being, comparatively speaking, a level country, 

 most of the rivers which flow through to the ocean on all 

 sides, have necessarily a much less rapid and precipitate 

 current than the rivers of Scotland ; and, on this account, 

 can scarcely, we apprehend, be fairly placed upon an 

 equality with the trout-streams of the latter country. 

 Still, however, there is splendid sport to be obtained in 



