212 Salmon Fishery of great Celebrity. 



rounding scenery, is very fine. The principal 

 street, and a square leading to the river, are hand- 

 some. The river Bann is here a noble stream, and 

 is navigable from the bridge to the sea. A salmon 

 fishery, of great celebrity, is about two miles 

 up the river : the walk thither by its side, which 

 is much ornamented by a number of neat 

 houses, is beautiful, though the fall of the water 

 disappointed my expectation ; the scenery is 

 evidently inferior to its fame, and is also much 

 injured by an erection in the vicinity of a large 

 manufactory. 



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The salmon fishery is esteemed to be one of 

 the most considerable in Ireland, and is re- 

 ported to be rented at fifteen hundred pounds a 

 year. Many hundreds of salmon are frequently 

 taken at a draught. The produce is usually 

 conveyed in fast sailing vessels to Liverpool. 



The colour of the soil near Coleraine, which 

 we had here an opportunity of seeing, seems to 

 indicate, says Mr. Whitehurst, " that a vast 

 torrent of lava has flowed from the north of 

 Ireland southward." 



On our return we took a shorter road, which 

 led us through the potatoe grounds, let in small 

 patches to the poor people of the town. In addi- 



