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are to have a turn at lake-fishing, what do 

 you say to Lough Derg ? We have none of 

 us seen that." 



H I have," said the Parson, " and know 

 something about it. You will not find 

 Lough Derg so good fishing-ground as 

 Lough Melvin : hut there are some goodish 

 trout in it, too ; and it is worth seeing for 

 its own sake. I do not mind if I do give up 

 a day to it. We must make the Squire go." 



" And go pretty early," said the Captain ; 

 " it cannot be less than fourteen or fifteen 

 miles off." 



" No," said the Parson, " that is about 

 the distance ; but we can sleep at Pettigoe, 

 — there is a very fair inn there, — and come 

 back early the next day. I suppose by that 

 time the river will be ready for us, and one 

 day's fishing will be quite enough for Lough 

 Derg." 



" Upon my word," said the Captain, stop- 

 ping and looking anxiously into the water, 

 which, though the actual rain had ceased, 

 was still rising and coming down thicker and 

 thicker. " I am not quite so sure about the 

 river being ready for us ; it is like a winter's 

 flood." 



