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wings, nevertheless they take them in a windy- 

 day exceedingly quick, and in a very short 

 time the fishermen in the boats catch a large 

 dish of them, say in about a hour ; the trout and 

 grilse in this lake I must say are most delicious, 

 "they almost melt in the mouth,'* says he. 



The angler, when he gets tired here, may 

 return to Killarney, and make head for the 

 west and north, " and sure enough he may 

 have another throw on the lakes, if he pleases, 

 by way of bidding them good bye." 



He might take a start before he goes across 

 the hills to Kenmare, by car, and have a day 

 or two on the river Blackwater, usually called 

 "Kerry Blackwater;" it is about eight miles 

 from Kenmare, on the south-west side of the 

 estuary of that name, on the road to " Derry- 

 nane Beg," or Derrynane Abbey. There is an 

 inn on the river as you cross the road, but no 

 town. The angler might go to it for a day or 

 so from Waterville, by hiring a car at the inn, 

 there and back. He will have an opportunity 

 of seeing the mansion of the late Mr. D. 

 O'Connell, at Derrynane, as he passes it to 

 his right off the road, in a most healthy situa- 

 tion, sequestered amongst dwarf trees of the 



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