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town at one end as big as Sligo, and a large 

 trading village at the other, like Dromahaire, 

 and it would soon lose its character as a 

 fishing lake." 



" I suspect that half-a-dozen days of the 

 Squire's cross-lines would be followed by a 

 sensible difference in the weight of our 

 baskets," said the Captain. 



" That is the secret," said the Parson. 

 " No party can make it a regular fishing- 

 station so as to scare the fish, or accustom 

 them to the sight of flies ; few are hardy 

 enough to brave the discomforts of Garrison, 

 though the inn there — I speak from expe- 

 rience — is infinitely better than it looks ; 

 and Kinloch, at the western end, though 

 most beautiful to look at, is much worse off 

 for accommodation." 



" Why not fish it from Belleek ?" said the 

 Scholar. 



" First, there is the superior attraction 

 of the Erne," said the Captain ; " no one 

 would fish a lake when he could fish a 

 river. But, under any circumstances, it would 

 never answer to sleep five miles from your 

 fishing, especially in this changeable climate, 

 with cars to order, and boats to look after, 



