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was moored close to my house, and from my win- 

 dow I could see her. 



In this boat I used to go to all parts of the lake, 

 which is forty-eight miles long, and ten wide in one 

 place. There were several rivers I could get up, 

 and innumerable little bays, and places where one 

 could anchor for the night. On Lough Corrib, 

 there are no end of islands, some of them large ; it 

 is said there is an island for every day in the year, 

 viz., 365. There was capital shooting on some of 

 these islands, and on many parts of the marshes, on 

 the banks of the lake, I had leave to shoot. One 

 marsh or bog was seventeen miles long, and three 

 or four wide. Most of this country was undrained, 

 and snipe were in thousands. It makes my mouth 

 water to think of the snipe and duck shooting I 

 sometimes had there, as well as wild geese ; but I 

 got ague and rheumatism again ; lost one of my 

 children, and the life was too lonely for my better 

 half. We were away from home and friends, and 

 as I was some three or four years over forty, I gave 

 it up, reluctantly, I must say, and returned to the 

 old land. 



Lough Corrib is difficult to navigate, and you 

 must have a man with you who knows it thoroughly, 

 otherwise you will come to grief. My captain 

 knew it well, and was a good sportsman into the 



