1 82 Cfer Crag and Torrent 



the home of grouse and mountain hares, and 

 on our arrival lost no time in developing an 

 attack upon the finny denizens of the lower 

 lough. A lovely breeze was blowing, and 

 soon we were both hard at it playing and 

 landing or losing fish. The " Laird" got a 

 beauty of about a pound at the second or 

 third cast, which fought most gamely, and 

 gave great sport ere he was grassed ; later on 

 another paid toll of about the same size, and 

 they made a beautiful brace ; the average 

 weight of the fish we caught, however, was from 

 six ounces to half a pound each, and they were 

 game little beggars, fighting to the bitter end. 

 After a rest and something to refresh the 

 inner man, we ascended to the upper or higher 

 lough, which was supposed to hold fewer but 

 larger fish, and as the breeze held on well 

 we were hopeful of getting a big fish or two. 

 For at least an hour after we started work 

 neither of us got a rise even from a 



