1 8 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISH TNG 



at Killybegs and Glenties. Stranorlar, thus situ- 

 ated, is a base having command of two most 

 excellent rivers, as well as of Lough Eask and 

 Lough Finn. By staying at the Queen's Arms 

 Hotel you will have unlimited free fishing for 

 salmon and trout. 



On leaving Stranorlar the line ascends rapidly 

 for six miles, and there, at the summit, is Lough 

 Mourne, about a mile in length and a quarter to 

 half a mile in width. The line then descends 

 through the most magnificent defile in Ireland, 

 parts of which are really sublime. The train runs 

 at times between mountains of red granite, and the 

 gap between them is so narrow that you must 

 wonder how the road, the river, and the railway 

 can, without overlapping, pass through. 



The next station we come to of which I can 

 speak is Donegal Town, of which I have pleasant 

 memories of a former visit some twenty-five years 

 ago, when I had excellent sport with salmon and 

 sea-trout in the river Eask and with the game 

 brown trout in the lough of the same name. The 

 town is beautifully situated at the head of one of 

 the inlets of Donegal Bay, with easy access to 

 miles of rocky coast, where I found pollack in 

 numbers that apparently no rod-fishing could appre- 

 ciably reduce. The town and neighbourhood are 

 famous for historical associations. Here Hugh 

 O'Donnell, after years of struggle, with varying 

 fortunes, against the English, burnt the home of 



