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pendous lakes out of which they issue, and of 

 which, it is sufficient to show, that at " Burn 

 Cranna," two miles below Coleraine, with the 

 cross nets, three tons of Salmon were caught 

 in one day by the fishermen some years back. 

 This will give an idea of what the rivers in 

 Ireland, in general, can produce. The Bann 

 is preserved in the right season for the fry to 

 come to perfection in great shoals, and from 

 March till August the nets and "cruives" are 

 worked. 



The flavour and quality of the Irish Salmon 

 far exceed those of any other part of the United 

 Kingdom, for when the fish are sent up from 

 the north to the London markets they often 

 lose their flavour, if not properly packed in 

 the ice boxes ; how can it be otherwise, when 

 the distance is considered. The real Salmon 

 of the Tweed, Tay, and Spay, are delicious, 

 through the quickness of transit. 



Above Ballynahinch are seen the *' Twelve 

 Pins," or rocky precipices of " Beanabola." 

 On the right of this mountainous road, beyond 

 Ballynahinch, opposite the beautiful island of 

 " Ennisbofine," are seen green mountain heights 

 of great elevation, with romantic winding val- 



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