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before it, and when the tide is flowing, before 

 it enters the pool, is the best time, — in fact, 

 this is the best place to stay at for the sole 

 purpose of being enabled to fish, as the river 

 above is so low in summer, except after rains, 

 that it is useless to try. 



The Castle of old '* Dunluce " is near Bush- 

 foot, it stands on a rock close to the cliff on 

 the mainland in the sea, and is built on the 

 surface or top of the rock, close to its very 

 edge all round, and the corner stones appear to 

 have been brought from the Giant's Causeway. 

 There is a deep chasm between the castle 

 and the land, over which the range wall of the 

 old bridge is yet standing ; the bridge itself is 

 completely gone. This narrow wall, about 

 fourteen inches wide, may be easily crossed 

 going into the castle, but on recrossing it to 

 the land side it strikes terror into the heart. 

 Some years ago I visited this old ruin, and 

 crossed the wall into it quite easily and fear- 

 lessly, but on my returning, to my great sur- 

 prise, I was afraid of my life to recross it. The 

 cause was, no doubt, that the wall and yawning 

 chasm appeared more under me on coming out 

 than on going in, the wall being narrow and 



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