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In the neighbourhood of Connemara, which is the 

 wildest part of the county, the numerous landscapes are 

 bold and romantic ; and the eye of the tourist sweeps over 

 them with inexpressible delight. These magnificent 

 scenes may be considered, perhaps, in some degree in- 

 ferior to those of Killarney ; but the lofty and barren hills, 

 the numerous lakes shut in by surrounding mountains, 

 and the steep crags overhanging the glassy surfaces of 

 innumerable sheets of water dotted with islands, render it 

 difficult to acquiesce in the correctness of the preference. 

 Certain it is, however, that nature has been all-bountiful 

 in the vicinity of Connemara, and has displayed her 

 charms with a liberal and lavish hand. No scenery in 

 the western islands of Scotland can surpass the alluring 

 prospects which meet the eye of the wanderer at every 

 turn in these romantic fastnesses; and in no part of the 

 British isles can the angler cast his line upon the waters 

 under more fervid impressions of the sublime and beauti- 

 ful, than among the wild hills of western Ireland. 



of tfie principal Jptsfiing Btora ann Hafces 



tn Ireland. 



ANTRIM. The Bann, Lagan, and Bush. 

 ARMAGH. The Black water, Bann, and Newry. 

 CARLOW. The Barrow and Slaney. 

 CAVAN. The Woodford, Croghan, and Erne. 

 CLARE. The Shannon and Fergus. 

 CORK. The Black water and Lee. 

 DONEGAL. The Foyle, Fin, S willy, Lifford, and Derg. 

 DOWN. The Bann, Lagan, and Newry. 

 DUBLIN. The Liffy. 

 FERMANAGH. The Lough and the Erne. 

 GAL WAY. The Shannon, Clair, Galway, and Dunmore. 



