CHAPTER IV. 



A DAY UP THE RIVER, 



Belleek Fair — Much Ado about Nothing — Effects of a 

 Scalding Sun — Trout Fishing extraordinary — An 

 equally Extraordinary Suit in Chancery. 



It was late on the following morning 

 before the fishermen were astir, — late, that 

 is to say, for men of their active and early 

 habits, though it was not yet eight o'clock. 



Although the sun had not been more than 

 three hours above the horizon, the heat was 

 already intense, though every means in their 

 limited power had been called into play to 

 moderate it. The long curtain, which con- 

 cealed the beds from the sitting division of 

 the apartment, was brailed up, and all the 

 windows were propped open with sticks, so 

 as not to lose the lightest breath of air. 

 From one of these projected the head and 

 shoulders of the Parson. 



