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salmon and trout. If the angling tourist keep by the 

 coast, he will meet with all these waters in regular 

 succession. In the Ouibera, and the Oenea, good sport 

 is sure to be found in the months of April and 

 May. 



The river Erne is a splendid salmon and trout stream. 

 It issues from a small lake on the north side of the 

 county of Longford, runs through the county of 

 Fermanagh, and falls into the ocean at Donegal Bay. 

 Many British anglers have considered the Erne at Bally- 

 shannon to be one of the very best salmon rivers in the 

 kingdom. A distinguished Liverpool angler caught, in 

 1834, twenty large salmon in four hours and a half in 

 this river. This ^as a surprising feat. The gentleman 

 does not wish me, through delicacy, to make his name 

 publicly known, but I have the means of substantiating 

 the fact beyond all question. There is a great variety 

 of flies used on the Erne, some large and gaudy, others 

 small and dull. The fish here do not seem to be very 

 particular. In the higher parts of the river, in the 

 county of Cavan, the trout-fishing is almost equal to the 

 Tweed — and this is saying a great deal. There is no 

 district in Ireland where a sportsman can spend a week 

 or two more pleasantly and successfully than on the 

 streams of the Erne. 



On the banks of this river, where there are some fine 

 woods, the scenery is exceedingly rich and interesting. 

 We iiiid at every step a constant succession of small 

 trees and shrubs which shelter themselves beneath the 

 larger sons of the forest, whose majestic figures are 

 beautifully and tastefully ornamented with climbers 

 running from tree to tree, and linked together, we would 

 fancy, by the hand of an amateur botanist. When the 

 foliage is fully developed in the month of June, the 

 scene brings to your imagination some of the fictions 

 of the Arabian Nights, or some land of fairy establish- 

 ment. Nothing can surpass the luxuriance of the view. 

 We feel as if we could linger amidst these delicious 

 shades for months together, gazing on the interesting 

 combinations of light and shade. When we think of 



