68 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



more photos ; but, instead of devoting himself to 

 picture-gathering, he was pleased to teach the use 

 of winches. He found his pupil apt, and, as the 

 fish were on the feed, there was no lack of oppor- 

 tunity for actual practice. 



After Mr. Boyle's first success we turned back 

 to give the artist his chance of taking a picture of 

 the spot. 



Unfortunately, it is as impossible for a photo- 

 graph to convey any adequate idea of the grandeur 

 of the scenery of this part of the coast as it is for 

 me to do so in writing. I have seen big cliffs in 

 the north of Scotland, and I know every indentation 

 in the grand cliffs of the north of Cornwall and of 

 the Scilly Islands, but all I have ever seen became 

 small when looking up the mighty perpendicular 

 heights of Slieve League or Teelin Head. 



Our learned companion's love was undisguisedly 

 with his people and the land that gave him birth. 

 His every sentence breathed admiration for all we 

 saw, and there could be no doubt, as their faces 

 showed it, that he was giving expression to the 

 sentiments of Billy and Pat, who were much less 

 fortunate in the gift of speech. They fairly beamed 

 with pleasure as the eloquent exponent of their 

 thoughts told with vividness the many legends, 

 stories, or facts, that every point, recess, or cave, 

 was credited with in his wonderful memory ; and 

 when he sang a tuneful Irish song their faces showed 

 that their delight had reached its highest, and they 



