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brown ants, hare's ear and yellow, silver greys, 

 and the small flies enumerated in the catalogue, t 

 Use a sixteen feet salmon rod, and single gut 

 casting lines, with one or two twisted lengths 

 next to the reel line, which should be plaited 

 silk and hair. There are plenty of boats and 

 boatmen to be had at Ballynahinch Eiver and 

 Lakes, all civil fellows, and if used with com- 

 mon kindness and decency, they will confess 

 that " the English anglers are the best fellows 

 in the whole world, — Good luck to their honors. 

 Long life to their honors." 



The scenery of this wild country is quite 

 equal to any in Scotland, if the intelligent 

 tourist angler would be at the pains of pene- 

 trating into the mountainous regions which 

 surround Connamara. The islands in the 

 bays are interesting and beautiful, as well as 

 the stupendous hills standing up in order like 

 giants, as it were, to bid defiance to the wild 

 waves of the great Atlantic. 



L'eland is proverbial for the finest breeding 

 rivers in the world for Salmon and Trout, in 

 no country can there be found such splendid 

 rivers and lakes for Salmon ; see, for instance, 

 the rivers Shannon, Erin, Bann, and the stu- 



