EXPERIMENTS A'i BALLISODAEE. 301 



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ME. COOPEe's EXPEEBIENTS AT BALLISODAEE. 



This undertaking, which was really an experiment, shows 

 how great difficulties can be ovei-come by perseverance, 

 and how a fishery can be created where none has pre- 

 viously existed. Mr. Cooper owns two rivers, the Owen- 

 more and the Arrow, which unite some two and a half 

 miles from the sea and from the Ballisodare Eiver. On 

 these rivers are three falls : the lowest, which is a succes- 

 sion of falls over high ledges of rock, is within a short 

 distance of the sea ; the next, which is a short distance 

 above it, is called the Upper Ballisodare Fall. This fall 

 is impracticable to fish, though fish had been known to 

 surmount the lower one occasionally, but not often. The 

 entire height of the two falls is about seventy feet. The 

 highest, which is on the Owenmore, near the village of 

 CoUooney, has but one fall ; but this one is higher than 

 either of the falls which comprise the lower one and the 

 Upper Ballisodare Fall, and is entirely impracticable. 



The ladder applied to the Upper Ballisodare Fall was 

 at first brought out into the lower water too far down 

 the stream from the fall, so that the fish in running up 

 missed it. It was therefore found necessary to turn it. 



