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of these rivulets, trout 'will be found, and even a few 

 salmon. 



This district embraces the two counties of Down and 

 Antrim. The rivers in. the county of Down are the 

 Bann, Lagan, and Newry; and those of Antrim are 

 Bann, Lagan, and Bvsh. In the Lagan and Bush 

 good trout are taken, and salmon in spring and autumn, 

 but not in such quantities as to induce an angler to go 

 much out of his route to visit these streams. Trolling 

 is often successfully employed in these Irish streams. 

 With the exception of the Upper Bann, all the rivers of 

 Down discharge their waters iuto the Irish Channel. 

 The navigable river Lagan, which throughout near half 

 its course has a direction nearly parallel to the Bann, 

 turns eastward at Magheralin ; four miles north-east of 

 which it becomes the county boundary, and passing by 

 Lisbome, falls into the Bay of Belfast, after a course of 

 about thirty miles. The Ballynahinch or Annacloy 

 River brings down the waters of several small lakes 

 south-east of Hillsborough, and widens into the Guvile 

 River, which is navigable for vessels of two hundred tons, 

 -a mile below Downpatrick, where it forms an extensive 

 arm of Strangford Loch. The Guvile is covered with 

 numerous islands, and its windings present much 

 beautiful scenery. The Newry River rises near Kathfri- 

 land, and flowing westward by the northern declivities 

 of the Mourne range, turns south a little above Newry, 

 and after a short course falls into the head of Carling- 

 ford Loch. Numerous streams descend from the 

 district of Momne immediately to the sea, and there is 

 no part of the county deficient in a good supply of 

 running water. 



The following rivers fall iuto Lough Neagh, in 

 Antrim, the Ravil, the Braid, the Crumbia, the Glenevy, 

 the Garey, and the Glenshesh, all of which are full of 

 fine trout. 



In the county of Armagh, the following are good 

 angling streams — the Callan, the Cambin, the Cushier, 

 the Fleury, the Fano, the Newton Hamilton, the 

 Talwater, the Tan, and the Tynan. 



