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No. 21. Kathleen's Fall. 



Below these, the water is collected into a 

 long narrow shoot, in some places not fif- 

 teen yards across, with a considerable slope, 

 which bears the name of Kathleen's Falls, 

 though, like those of the Captain's Throw, 

 they are more like very violent rapids. 

 Having rushed through this narrow gate, 

 they again widen out to three or four hun- 

 dred yards, presenting another of those mag- 

 nificent pools, which terminates only at the 

 Bridge of Ballyshannon. This is a gravelly 

 bottom, good breeding ground, and full of 

 salmon graves ; but nothing is to be caught 

 in it, except trout. The throw, which is 

 not very good, lies at the break of the fall. 



The Great Pool of Ballyshannon. 



The pool between the bridge and the 

 Great Falls is by far the most killing sta- 

 tion on the river ; parts of it may be 

 reached from the bridge, from the tanyard 

 wall on the left bank, and from the Boxes 

 on the right ; but to fish it satisfactorily 



