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this place, the lines of Milton's description of the Garden 

 of Eden rush into our mind — 



"Over head up grew 

 Insuperable height of loftiest shade, 

 Cedar, and pine, and iir, and branching palm, 

 A silvan scene, and as the ranks ascend 

 Shade above shade, a woody theatre 

 Of stateliest view." 



The rivers Woodioard and Crohan, in the county of 

 Cavan, are good trout - streams, and will afford to the 

 travelling tourist a few days' good sport. The palmer 

 and hackle flies will he found, in these streams, takiog 

 ones in the summer months of June and July. Both 

 these waters yield a plentiful supply of fine trout after 

 heavy rains in the height of the season. 



THE PEOVINCB OP CONNAUGHT 



contains the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, 

 Roscommon, and Sligo, and is a good angling district 

 both for salmon and trout. 



The Slmnnon, which is the largest river in Ireland, 

 rises out of Lough Allen, in the county of Leitrim, and 

 divides this province from that of Leinster. It is, in 

 the opinion of many experienced anglers, one of the 

 most prolific salmon and trout streams in the British 

 dominions. 



The best stations for both sahnon and trout fly-fishing 

 lie in that section of the river which bounds the province 

 of Connaught. Here many parts can only he fished with 

 boats, but still there are extensive districts of the river 

 where an angler can do very well without them. Sur- 

 prising feats are sometimes accomplished in the killing 

 of salmon with fly in the Shannon. A gentleman in 

 Bath, in 1842, caught one fish weighing forty -five 

 pounds and a half, with rather small trout-tackle. He 

 took nearly five hours to exhaust him, and then was 

 captured with some difficulty. All kinds of flies are 

 used in these waters ; and it is wonderful to see some 

 of the country people kill large fish with the most 



