72 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



which we were now getting a splendid view. It 

 frequently occurs that opportunity is given to take 

 measure of the vast heights of these towering cliffs 

 by small white specks which looked to me like small 

 maggots, but your boatmen will tell you they are 

 sheep. 



At one time the wild goat was plentiful along 

 this shore, but a few years since the last was shot, 

 and now the hardy mountain sheep, less surefooted, 

 risk their lives for the sweet grasses that grow here 

 and there. So eager are they that they get into 

 the most dangerous places and have to be rescued 

 by men let down with ropes, and many are actually 

 killed every year by falling over into the sea. 



There is good fishing the whole of the way 

 from Teelin Pier to Carrigan Head, from there 

 to Rossarrel Point, and then to Malin Beg Pier, 

 a distance of ten miles by sea. 



You may, if you prefer it, make an early drive 

 from Carrick to Malin Beg. You will there find 

 good boats and men, and if you thoroughly fish 

 the Doon point and the various small bays in its 

 immediate neighbourhood, you will probably be 

 delighted with your day's sport and the glorious 

 views of cliffs and sea. 



Another charming day, of sightseeing and good 

 fishing combined, may be spent round the shores 

 of the romantic Rathlin O'Birne Island, from the 

 same advantageous starting-point, Malin Beg. 



In our journey along the coast we had now and 



