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neoting the upper lakes with a lower one, the other con- 

 necting all with the sea, and much more in the character 

 of mere ditches than of rivers. The whole catchment area 

 (as engineers call it) of those small loughs is very incon- 

 siderable ; they always contained some white trout, which 

 ascended through a tortuous brook or stream when heavy 

 rains created occasionally sufficient water in its rugged 

 bed ; those favourable opportunities, however, were few 

 and very far between. The place was purchased some few- 

 years ago by Mr. John Knight BosweU, of Monkstown, 

 near Dublin. He requested me to assist him in directing 

 such measures as might be adopted for the improvement 

 of the fishery, and I had great pleasure in accomplishing 

 my part of the task, as I found him a person who did not 

 hesitate to invest his money freely in giving the experi- 

 ment a fair chance of success, and who applied himself 

 with zeal and great intelligence of mind to the undertaking. 



" The main principle carried out was that of connecting 

 the waters of the several loughs, and causing them to dis- 

 charge through one channel. Cuts were made to effect 

 this — the old stream was dammed out — the water was run 

 through an additional lake before unconnected with the 

 others. The speculation was a complete success, though 

 a valuable white-trout fishery only was created when Mr. 

 BosweU sold it, realizing a large profit for his outlay. The 

 present owners have followed up the enterprise, as Mr. 

 Francis states, by the able assistance of Mr. Kamsbottom's 

 skill in pisciculture, and a salmon fishery is now established. 



"I have been induced to communicate this imperfect 

 detail of the operations at Doohulla, for the purpose of 



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