CONTENTS. 



Introductory Chapter. — The Ichthyography of 

 the Erne. 



Description of the River — The Pools — The Throws — Belleek 

 Pool— Rose Isle— The Short Throws— The Monk's Ford 

 —The Point of the Mullins— The Bank of Ireland— The 

 Sally Bush— The Tail of the Island and Fox's Throws- 

 Moss Row— Earl's Throw— The Captain's Throw— The 

 Cursed Throw — Johnstone's Throw — The Grass Guard — 

 Sod Ditch — Eel Weir — Cos na Wonna — Reade's Throw 

 —Kathleen's Fall— The Great Pool of Ballyshannon— 

 Rules of the River — Ballyshannon Bridge — The Tanyard 

 and Boxes — Habits of the Salmon and Eel — Average 

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Chap. I. — An Evening at Belleek. 



Belleek — Mother Johnstone's — The Characters introduced — 

 The Return from Fishing — The Dinner — St. Columba at 

 Rose Isle — Legend of the Monk's Ford — Legend of the 

 Cursed Throw — The Gauger of Kinloch — Drowning the 

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Chap. II. — A Day at Lough Melvin. 



Effects of a Westerly Gale — Expedition to Lough Melvin — 

 Irish Cars — The Johnstones — Otter Fishing — Cross-line 

 Fishing — Precautions against Quarrelling — Not very 

 Efficacious — The Bridge — The Salmo ferox a Peace- 

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