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serves. There is a rock, just below the " Queen's Gap," 

 which is another good position when fish are running. The 

 angh>r, phiced on this rock, fishes a very fast, but narrow, 

 channel, in which the ascending fish lie, and it was here 

 that my friend hooked his nine fish before breakfast. But 

 in this pool the angler is never allowed to follow his fish, for 

 fear of disturbing the water, and losing the cast. Directly 

 you move someone occupies your position ; such are the 

 rules of the Moy. The fishing belongs to Mr. Little, and he 

 gives free permission to visitors to fish, but the salmon have 

 to be given up at the " cutts," and they can be retained at 

 market price, which is usually 6d. per lb. The river is 

 severely netted, in addition to the row of salmon traps 

 which span the stream, as will be seen in our first picture 

 of this river. But the stock of fish is still very great, 

 thanks to the free passage given from sunset on Saturday 

 until sunrise on Monday. Some of the fish whicli run up 

 from th? sea during this period congregate in the pools, 

 instead of pushing through to the Lough. As it is Monday 

 njorning we ^\'ill dro]) do^um stream and see the first haul at 

 tlie netting place. That row of corks wliich you see across 

 tlie river, are fixed to the shore at one side, and held 

 by a boat at the other, and the seine will be hauled as so(jn 

 as a second net has been got ready in its plnce. When that 

 is done the boatmen bring their end of the net ashore in a 

 circle, and three men at either end then proceed to haul in 

 the seine. Gradually the crescent of corks narrow, and it 

 is evident tliat the haul will be a productive one, for salmon 

 break the water in their rushes to and fro seeking in vain 

 for an outlet. The purse comes up at last, and the water 

 is lashed into foam by the 274 imprisoned fish, which are 

 the greatest number thus taken in a single haul during my 

 visit. In the good old times, only a few years ago, it was 

 no uncommon thing to get 500 or GOO salmon at one pull of 

 the net, but, thanks to the excessive greed of riparian pro- 

 prietors they have now killed the goose which lays the 

 golden eg^. The salmon, when lifted out of the nets, are 

 struck on the head with a staff, packed in boxes, and sent 

 off to Dublin and England. The Moy is a very short river, 



