CHAPTEK III. 



ENNIS NA SHIA. 



Method of roasting Salmon — Description of the Lake 

 — Its Fish — The Salmo ferox, or Black Trout — 

 The White Trout — The Gillaroo, or Yellow Trout — 

 The Red Trout, or Char — The Brown Trout— The 

 Par or Jenkin — The Perch — The Freshwater Her- 

 ring — The several Haurits of these Fish — The Course 

 of the Salmon through Lakes — Their Partiality for 

 their own Rivers — Difficulty of making Lough Melvin 

 a Fishing Station — The Miss — Friday — The Reason 

 why it is distasteful to Fairies — Dinner on the Island 

 — Legend of the Fairy Bridge. 



Ennis na Shia, or the Fairy's Island, is a 

 beautiful little wild spot, not far from the 

 centre of the lake, and commanding a very 

 complete panorama of it. It is sufficiently 

 rocky to be picturesque, and well fringed 

 with that most beautiful of shrubs the sweet- 

 scented myrica, or golden willow. Neither 

 rocks nor shrubs stand so thick but that the 



