106 RIVERS IN IKE LAND. 



other good fish; there are also the rivers Kilmachow, 

 Suire, Blackwater, Bayne, Bann, and Lee these rivers 

 produce good salmon and trout. There are likewise 

 the rivers Liffy, Castle-knock, Nure, Slaine, May, 

 Suck, Drosos, and Gall; these rivers produce salmon, 

 trout, pike, and eels. There are also the rivers Flesk, Lane, 

 Swilly, Logan-water, Newry-water, and many smaller 

 rivers and rivulets, which abound with fish of various 

 kinds ; and, indeed, there are both in Great Britain and 

 Ireland inumerahle small rivers and brooks which will 

 afford the angler as much diversion as many of the larger 

 rivers. You will find several rivers of the same name in 

 different counties, and others with names much similar. 



THE ANGLER'S HOME. 



In an ivy bound cot near a sheltering wood, 



On the brink of a murmuring rill, 

 There T ever would dwell, for I'd haste to the flood, 



E're bright Sol had o'ertopt the brown hill, 

 Where the woodbine and jessamin friendly do twine, 



And the blue-bell and daffodil grow, 

 I'd away to the stream with my rod and my line, 



When the south or the western winds blow. 



ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND, JANUARY QTH, 1844. 



The hard' ning ground and cutting wind, 



To angling gives no zest 

 Of congeal'd water here I find. 



The rivers are possess'd. 



