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Letters. An Escape.-Connaught.-Topographical and
Moral Description.-Ballinasloe.-A Virtuous and Flourish-
ing Town.-A Bible Meeting and Radical reform
LETTER III.
. 17
Journey continued. Inn of G——.— Tuam.-A bad
night. Out of the frying-pan into the fire.-A Country-ball
-and the Finish
24
LETTER IV.
Loss of a Waiter.-Precocious talent.-The Mad Major
and the Mendicants of Mullingar.-Cursing an Adjutant.-
Death of Denis O'Farrell.
30
LETTER V.
Castlebar.- Newport.-Departure from Christendom.-
Progress into Terra Incognita.-Roads and scenery.-Mul-
ranny.—Passage down the Inlet.-Incidents.-Lodge in the
Wilds of Erris.-Description of the establishment. Page 38
LETTER VI.
Periodicals.-Cockney sports and sportsmen.-Mountain
angler and his attendant.-Fishing-tackle.-Antony the
Otter-killer.-Visit the river.-Flies.-Hooking my first
salmon.—Return to the Lodge.-Sporting authors.- Sir
Humphrey Davy.-Col. Hawker.-Salmonia.-Criticisms.
47
LETTER VII.
Symptoms of a coming Storm.-A Sportsman's Dinner.-
Old John.—Pattigo.-Gale comes on.-Shawn a tra buoy.—
Seals. The Blind Seal,
59
LETTER VIII.
A wet day.-Fly-tying.-Piscatory disquisitions.—The
Tinker. Lessons in the "gentle art."-An unexpected
Ally.
70
LETTER IX.
Sporting topography of Mayo.-Hunting Country.-Fox
Covers.-Lakes, Rivers, and Fish.-A domiciliary Visit.—
Revenue Foray.-Capture of Drunken Distillers.-Alarm.—
Midnight meditations.-Angling excursion.-Goolamore.—
Salmon Fishing.-English and Irish Hooks.-Limerick pre-
ferable to all others.
79
LETTER X.
Salmon.--Fishing described.-Draughting.-Fishing pre-
carious.-Change of season and condition.- Poaching.-
Private Distillation.-Size and weight of Salmon.-Sir H.
Davy-Migration of Salmon.-Natural History.-Anec-
dotes and experiments.-Lernææ Salmoneæ.
Page 88
LETTER XI.
Mullet. Preparations for Mullet fishing.-Seals.-Anec-
dotes.-The Red Dwarf.-His mode of killing Seals.-Catch-
ing a Tartar.-Pitching Mullet Nets.- Excursion on the
Island.-A Wild Guide.-Coursing.-Comparison between
English and Irish Greyhounds.-Take of Mullet.-Return.
-Anecdotes of Mullet fishing.-The Homicide.
98
LETTER XII.
Angling.-Fish found in Mayo.-Peasantry.-Their mode
of fishing. The Pooka.-Description and use.-Pike and
Trout. Their size. Perch.-Their fecundity.-Trout de-
stroyed. Greater Lakes described.-Subterraneous com-
munication between them.-Lesser Lakes.-Their fish.-
Lake of Derreens.Its Trout extinct.-Lake of Cas-
tlebar. 111
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LETTER XIII.
Nineteenth of August.-Preparations for the Mountains.
-Order of March.-A Cook broiled to death.-Interruption
of a Funeral.-Drowned Shepherd.-Grouse shooting.-
Evening compotation. -Morning.-Locale of a Shooter's
cabin. Life in the Mountains.-The Red Deer.-Return
to the hut.-Luxury of a cold bath.
120
LETTER XIV.
Ball opens.-Moonlight.-Mountain scenery.-Old An-
tony.-Adventure with the Fairies.-Ball continues.-The
Otter-hunter's history.-Ball concludes.-The Patre-o-pee.
LETTER XV.
Page 133
Moon looks suspicious.-Heavy fall of rain.-River flood-
ed.-Sporting Writers. Criticism on Hawker.-Originality
of the Colonel.-His outfit of a wild-fowl shooter.-Samuel
Singer and his gun.
LETTER XVI.
144
Flood subsides.-Post-bag arrives.-My Cousin's Hench-
men. Their description.--Messenger belated in the moun-
tains.-The Fairy Glen.-Herd of Red Deer. Their de-
struction by Poachers.-Gradual decrease.-Difficulties in
continuing them.—Anecdotes.—Rearing the Fawns.-Ste-
rility when domesticated.-Red Deer in parks.-The Tame
Hind. The Tyrawly Stag.-Skill requisite in shooting Deer.
-Curious Anecdote.
LETTER XVII.
153
An Alarm. Deceptive appearance of the weather.-A
blank fishing day.-Recovery of the Setter.-Hydrophobia.
-Melancholy Anecdote.-Loss of a Kennel.-Strange apa-
thy of Irish servants.-Extraordinary preservation. 165
LETTER XVIII.
Preparations for visiting Achil.-Embarkation and pas-
sage to Dugurth.-Fishing.-Sea-fowl shooting.-Meeting
the lugger.-Picturesque appearance of the Vessel.-Our
landing. Coast-guard Watch-house. Slieve More. -
Grouse scarce.-Rabbit shooting. - Interior of the Watch-
house. Culinary proceedings.-The Dutchman.-Morning,
and a head-ache.-A Sea-bath.-The Eagle's aërie.—Cu-
rious anecdote of these birds.-Grouse shooting.-Demo-
lition of a Pack.-Rock-Fishing.-Dangerous employment.
-Fatal Accident.-John Dory.-A temperate Evening.
Page 177
LETTER XIX.
Grouse scarce in Achil.-Prepare to leave it.-Visit to
the Eagle's Cliff.-Attempts to destroy these birds unsuc-
cessful. Their depredations.-Partiality for black fowls.—
Destroy fish.-Anecdote of an Eagle and Salmon.-Exter-
minate Hares. Their mode of coursing, and catching Sal-
mon.-Foxes, numerous and destructive.-Smaller birds of
prey. Run to Inniskea.-Devilawn.-Tarmon.-Difficult
coast to land on.-Woman and Curragh.-Both described.
-I venture and effect a landing.-Rabbit shooting.-Local
sketches.-Twilight scenery.-Reverie interrupted.-Dan-
gerous Idiot.-Whiskey. Its excellence.-Copper stills.-
Island seldom visited by the Revenue.-The reason.-Cha-
racter of the Islanders.-Particular in burying their dead.—
Prone to litigation. The law-suit.
LETTER XX.
191
Signs of Fish. Mackerel. - Spillet-fishing. Seal and
Mermaids.-Anecdote.- The Bull's Mouth.-Preservation
of a Ship. The Fox and Cruiser.-The Lodge in conster-
nation.-An Arrival.-The Colonel's Portmanteau.-Rob-
bery and its consequences.
209
LETTER XXI.
The Colonel's Story.-The Night Attack.
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