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exceed a mile and a half in each direction ; and its 

 depth is seldom more than twenty feet. It is elevated 

 about two feet ten inches above the lower lake. 



The general aspect of the surrounding country is 

 barren, with many isolated limestone hills, which seldom 

 rise above 600 feet except towards the west, where the 

 Poola Fooka range of land reaches 1000 feet. 



The small river Erne, which runs out into the sea at 

 Ballyshannon, is said to be one of the most prohfie 

 streams in the country. It runs rapidly, and is only 

 about five miles in length. It abounds with salmon 

 and trout, and a variety of other inferior kinds of 

 fish. 



A friend of ours, a gentleman well acquainted with 

 angling in Ireland, has given us the following mis- 

 cellaneous remarks from his notebook on the subject. 

 They are thrown together without much order, but will 

 be interesting to the tourist notwithstanding. 



Should the Irish angler wish for a day's sport in pike 

 or perch fishing, he will find Loch Derg, on the Shannon, 

 will afford hiai amusement. Pike of twelve and fifteen 

 pounds have often been taken out of this piece of water. 

 There are good trout in it, but not many of them. A 

 few specimens of the gillaro trout may here be met 

 with occasionally. Fly-fishing is here unworthy of the 

 angler's notice. 



Should he step aside, about ten miles from the banks 

 of the Shannon, from Killaloe to Broadwood, he may, 

 perhaps, have a chance of hooking some of the large 

 pike, said to be sometimes found in the Broadwood 

 Lake. The country people tell us, that some years ago, 

 a pike was taken here weighing ninety-two pounds. 

 This may be a fable ; but certain it is, that fish of foiiy 

 pounds and upwards have not unfrequently been taken 

 out of the waters in this locality. 



Twelve miles from Limerick, near the village of 

 Newmarket, are the Lakes Eossroe and Fenloo. These 

 abound with trout, full ten pounds weight, and as rich 

 as the finest salmon. They cannot be taken vrith any- 

 thing but by trolling with a small roach, A day or 



