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they are not to be seen by travelling along 

 the high road y tbey lie hid on the shores of 

 the lakes and the banks of the rivers ; they 

 must be sought for on foot, or discovered by 

 accident. 



Lough Melvin is situated at the northern 

 termination of the Slieve Ghie, or Mountains 

 of the Wind, which give their name to the 

 whole cpunty of Sligo. Though inferior in 

 beauty to Lough Gilly, at the southern 

 boundary of the range, and perhaps also to 

 some of the little wild mountain lakes which 

 are concealed in its secluded valleys, it is 

 still very beautiful ; but as a fishing-station 

 it exceeds them all. It is full of islands and 

 sandy shoals, the edges of which are excel- 

 lent breeding-grounds for every description 

 of trout, to which the weeds (its only draw- 

 back in a fishing point of view) afford effec- 

 tual shelter. The great charm of its fishing 

 is the variety of its fish ; — you never know 

 what you are to catch next. There is the 

 salmon, and its follower, the white trout, from 

 the sea ; there is the black trout, or Salmo 

 ferox, which sometimes attains a larger size 

 than the salmon itself. These fish, unless 

 under four pounds in weight, are seldom 



