62 APPENDIX. 



(R.) 

 Staining Gut. 



Be very particular, in staining gut, that you make it the colour 

 proper for the water you are about to fish : it should be as near the 

 colour of the water as possible ; and as this varies in different rivers, 

 so you must vary the shade of your gut. 



If the water should be of that colour that would not require the 

 gut to be stained, it is better not to stain it, as the staining generally 

 injures it. 



(S.) 



Connemara. 



Mr. Inglis, in his journey through Connemara, says : 

 " The country now became every mile of the way more interest- 

 ing. The chain of lakes still continued on the left, and the moun- 

 tain views on the right became bolder and more striking. There are 

 not many finer ranges of mountains, of the same altitude, than these 

 beautiful and finely formed mountains. The view from the summit 

 of Mount Urrisbeg, plainly shows Connemara to be what its name 

 denotes, ' Bays of the Sea.' The whole western coast of Conne- 

 mara is laid open, with its innumerable bays and inlets ; there are 

 wild level districts spotted by an almost uncountable number of 

 lakes, and mostly entirely uncultivated and uninhabited. I endea- 

 voured from my elevated position to reckon the number of lakes, and 

 succeeded in counting upwards of one hundred and sixty. Shoulders 

 of the mountain, however, shut out from the view some of the nearer 

 parts of the plain ; and other parts were too distant to allow any very 

 accurate observation ; so that I have no doubt there may be three 

 hundred lakes, great and small, in this wild and very singular district. 

 Several of the lakes have islands upon them, and by the aid of a 

 good telescope which I carried with me, I could perceive that many 

 of these islands had small trees and wild shrubs on them." 



