2 6o SPORTS AND ANECDOTES. 



other innimies to a dacent boy's gitting a wholesome 

 thrink, there were out-of-the-way places in which it 

 was made, and no better place could well be than 

 on an island in the middle of a large lake, and to 

 one of these I will beg my reader to accompany me. 

 This oasis in the desert was no more or less than 

 one of the islands in Loch Conn. There lived upon 

 it a family, by name O'Haran. The three or four 

 sons of that name were as fine a set of young fellows 

 as could possibly have been- brought up upon potatoes 

 and illicit whiskey. Their one sister, Kitty, was as 

 pretty a girl as could be seen anywhere, with her 

 black hair hanging down her shoulders, her blue 

 eyes, her short petticoats and bare legs, and her 

 linen accompaniments as clean and white as snow. 

 She was a real beauty. The father and mother looked 

 older than people of their age ought to have looked ; 

 they were, however, to all appearance dacent people, 

 and when we arrived were in a sort of back shed or 

 cabin attending to the brewing. 



The usual greeting of " Yer anner's wilcome " 

 having been proclaimed, Paddy the elder began to 

 explain his process, and how he was sure it would 

 be a great brewing ; and how the last time they 

 brewed it would have been something very superior 



