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building, and every thing indicates Bally Shan- 

 non to be an improving place. An island of 

 rock above the bridge, which is handsome, 

 divides the current of the river, where are 

 placed coops for taking the salmon, some of 

 which are cured on the spot ; this is under- 

 stood to be a fishery of considerable import- 

 ance. Lands near the town let from five to 



eight pounds an acre. 



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It was our wish to have taken post-horses to 

 Enniskillen, and to have seen Lough Erne ; we 

 were, however, for some time unable to procure 

 a conveyance of any kind ; at length, a post- 

 boy, who was in attendance on a party, with 

 some difficulty was prevailed on to let us have 

 one of his horses, on a positive engagement 

 that it should be back by nine o'clock. We 

 started at five ; but the badness of our hired 

 animal prevented our reaching the distance we 

 proposed going ; and we proceeded no farther 

 than Beelick. Church Hill was yet two miles 

 from us ; this it was impossible to accomplish 

 without forfeiting my word : we were con- 

 sequently obliged to relinquish our promised 

 view of this favorite lake. The falls of the 

 Erne at Beelick are very picturesque, and, 

 under any other circumstances, would have well 

 repaid the trouble of the visit. 



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