134 THE UPPER RAPIDS. 



right ; it is a very much less killing hait than 

 a spinning dace, in any water that I know. 

 I suppose that Irish fish, like Irish men, have 

 peculiar tastes; for things are just reversed 

 here." 



" However," said the Parson, " for large 

 fish the spinning-bait is by far the best, even 

 here ; and therefore, as most people hope to 

 catch large fish, if you have but one rod, 

 that rod should never be armed with the fly, 

 unless Jenkins and eels'-tails are scarce." 



By this time the quicker run of the water 

 showed them that they were approaching the 

 Upper Rapids. These rapids are of no great 

 extent, nor of any considerable fall. They 

 form no great obstacle to the navigation of 

 the upper river, as they are turned by a 

 short canal, with a lock upon it, by which 

 the trading boats are enabled to pass them. 

 They are by no means a good salmon-throw ; 

 but as they are quiet, and very seldom 

 visited, they now and then furnish a fair 

 morning's sport. 



These rapids had been the object of the 

 expedition, not so much for their own sake, 

 as because there was a pleasant sward of turf 

 there, with a bunch of trees, under which 



