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that day. His performance was, to say the least of it, 



a striking instance of canine sagacity. The grouse 



were very wild, and he could not get within range at 



all. After some hours of fruitless labour after them, 



he noticed that the dog went a long distance before 



him, made a wide detour, and drove the birds back to 



him, and in this way he got several brace. 



He was fishing in Connemara for trout one day 



and rose a fine salmon. He missed him, and tried 



every fly he had without getting a second chance. 



Having killed about a dozen and a half of good trout, 



he repaired to his lodgings, and tied a fly, with which 



he returned to try conclusions with the salmon. The 



first cast he made, he hooked him, and after playing 



him for three-quarters of an hour with light tackle, a 



trout-rod, and without net or gaff, he killed a fish 



weighing 24lbs. 



In 1872, Mr. M'Donogh left Athgarvan Lodge, 



and for some years past he has resided in Dublin. 



He always has a few hunters ; and may frequently be 



seen riding through town, or in the Phoenix Park, or 



driving his well-appointed trap and high-stepper, and 



sometimes enjoying a day's fox-hunting in Meath and 



Kildare. He is a veritable " ever-green ;" and it 



would appear that many happy days are yet in store 



for him to enjoy the manly sports he loved so well : 



" On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly, 

 While virtuous actions are but born and die." 



But he, during a long and eventful career, has pre- 

 served a reputation unblemished, a high character, 

 and a good name. All who know him, his biographer 

 included, hope that he may ** prosper in his ways," 

 and that happiness may gild the last years of the life 

 of this "fine old Irish sportsman." 



