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on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway. I have 

 spent many a day on these waters, when a 

 young man. 



From Shane's Castle, the Earl O'Neil's, to 

 the bridge, and from the town of Antrim to 

 Shane's Castle, there are large trout taken with 

 the fly; at the end of May, and throughout 

 June, the whole surface of the lake along the 

 shore is covered with the natural fly. The 

 Drake, in the Plate, would be a good one made 

 on a large size hook, to throw amongst them. 

 Earl 'Neil grants permission to gentlemen to 

 fly-fish in the demesne of Shane's Castle, by 

 sending a note from the inn at Randalstown, 

 to the Stewai'd. 



There are numerous rivers running into 

 Lough Neagh, from ^ye different counties, 

 which it borders. The Bann rises in the 

 Mourne Mountains, in the County of Down, 

 and passing through the Lough, issues out of 

 it at the Bridge of Toome, forming a stu- 

 pendous body of fresh water. The Lough is 

 twenty-three miles long, and twelve in width. 



To get at the various small trout rivers 

 running into all these great lakes in tlie 

 north of Ireland, I would recommend, to gain 



