Salmon Fishing. 105 



un, your honour, is shure to come soon ; and 

 a blessing on the darling;" or, "divil a fish 

 is there in the strame, or the iligant fly with 

 the tawpings would soon be into him;" and 

 other such like sops to the disappointed fisher- 

 man are continually administered by them. 



The distance from the hotel to Benbeg, where 

 the river falls into the sea, is about five English 

 miles. Two-thirds of the distance down, if I 

 remember aright, is the residence of the clergy- 

 man of the parish. When I inquired of Dan, 

 who lived there, I was surprisec* and delighted 

 to find that, had the worthy resident been the 

 most popular priest within the circle of Dan's 

 acquaintance, he could not have spoken more 

 highly of him, than he did of this Protestant 

 Parson ! So much was he beloved by all, no 

 matter what their creed, that no sooner were his 

 crops on the Glebe-land fit, than the peasants 

 flocked together indiscriminately, first to cut, 

 and then carry the grass and corn crops, 



and dig the potatoes. It was customary 

 H 



