The FLEET has its origin in a wild and hilly district, and flows to the south-east with no remarkable feature.

The FIRTH OF DORNOCH is formed by a junction of the rapid river SHIN (issuing from its Lake, which is eighteen miles long, and situated in the southwest part of the shire) and the AILISH, with various other small streams from Ross-shire; it is a large winding Estuary, abounding in bays: near the mouth, which widens to a great expanse, the town of Tain appears on its Ross-shire bank, opposed by Dornoch, the capital of Sutherland.

The Lochs and rivers of this county are most abundantly stored with fish. Those that are fresh present to the Angler Salmon, Trout, and a variety of other sorts of fish; those of salt water (and most of the Towns are washed by one or the other) produce to the inhabitants a profusion of Cod and other sea, and most kinds of shell fish. At Invershin there is a Salmon-leap, where those fish that fail in the leap are frequently caught in baskets placed purposely below. Sturgeons are often found in the Shin.

Wigtonshire, or Upper Galloway.

THE Piltaton Burn, a little stream, traverses the whole of the Peninsula of this shire, flowing eastward somewhat below Stranrawr, which may be called its capital. The LUCE, rising on the borders of Ayrshire, is crossed by the great Irish road at the town of Glenluce, and makes its Bay between the Mull of Galloway and the Burrow-head. The CREE,

springing from a lake in Carrick, divides this county from those of Ayr and Kirkcudbright, and with a considerable Estuary, reaches the sea a little before it comes to Wigton, forming the large Bay which bears that name, bounded by Burrow-head on one side, and the Ross-Island, at the mouth of the Dee, in Kirkcudbright, on the other. This river is rapid; its course is through a mountainous country, and passes the town of Newton Douglas, where there is a valuable Salmon fishery.

The TARF and BLADENOCH, descending from lakes in the moors on the borders of Carrick, in Ayrshire, unite their streams at Kirkcowan; the Bladenoch from thence winding to the south-east, falls into Wigton Bay. Several Islands are formed in its course, which are famous for the resort of Eagles.

The waters of this shire are plentifully stocked with fish, and are noted for the prodigious quantities of fine Eels.

The rivers of Scotland have in general rocky bottoms, and the same uneven substance lines the sides; so that fishing with Nets can never here interfere with the Angler's diversion, as it frequently does in Streams less rapid, and where the Bottoms and Banks either present no Shelter for the Fish, or where, by lowering the Water, the Fish are compelled to abandon them.

IRELAND.

THE most considerable RIVERS and LOUGHS of this Country will be now mentioned. It is to be remembered, that there are Rivers of the same name in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and also that each Country possesses innumerable Brooks and Rivulets, which to the Sportsman are as productive as the larger waters; the Size of the stream will often betray the judgment, if estimated by that circumstance alone, as to the Bigness of the Fish contained in it.

The SHANNON, the principal river in Ireland, and which runs from North to South, takes its rise from a spring among the mountains near Swadlingar; it then expands into LOUGH ALLEN, which lies at the northern extremity of the county of Leitrim, encompassed by high mountains, and is more than thirty miles in circuit. From this great collection of water, swelled by the accession of numberless rivulets from the hills, the Lough, as if surcharged, throws forth the Shannon at Belat-nava; it next forms Lough Ree, about fifteen miles long, diversified with many Islands, and afterwards Lough Derg, which is still larger, and upon which there are about fifty Islands. At Killaloe is a bridge over the Shannon of nineteen arches; below which there is a ledge of rocks, preventing the navigation of this river up

to Lough Derg; here is a considerable Salmon and Eel fishery. From hence the Shannon flows to Limerick, (having in its course many beautiful waterfalls, the Dip being one hundred and fifty feet, in one hundred and twenty-eight miles,) and increasing as it flows through several counties, forms the largest river in the United Kingdoms; and, considering the shortness of its course to the Sea, is superior in bigness to any in Europe. The Shannon is navigable from Limerick, and about sixtythree miles from that Port discharges itself into the Atlantic Ocean. This river, which divides the Province of Connaught from Leinster and Munster, has in various places a rapid current, particularly after first leaving the Loughs; it presents likewise many fine streams, and produces, besides a profusion of other fish, Pike (some as much as fifty pounds weight,) Eels, and Perch of uncommon magnitude. In the flat spaces on the banks of the Shannon are small but deep Lochs, which are covered in winter, and in floods; when the river withdraws, it leaves plenty of fish in them, which are caught to put into Stews; at Johnstown, the seat of Mr. HOLMES, Mr. YOUNG describes one of these Stews as having a small stream that feeds it, and that with a trolling rod a bite of a Pike from twenty to forty pounds is soon obtained; one weighing twenty-seven pounds so taken he ate of. To evince the quantity of fish in this river, he instances a fisherman bringing three Trouts, weighing fourteen pounds, and selling them to Mr. HOLMES, for sixpence sterling each a couple of boats lying at anchor, with lines

extended from one to the other, and hooks baited and affixed at proper distances, have been known to catch an incredible number of Trout, which in general run from three to nine pounds. Perch swarm, and what is singular, they first appeared in the Shannon about thirty-six years since, and then in such plenty, that the poor lived on them. There are also Bream weighing six pounds; Salmon, especially above Limerick, in abundance; and some of the Gillaroo Trout. The Angler cannot fail of sport in every part of this river.

The SUIR, the NEOR, and the BARROW, spring from a mountain called Slieu-Bloom. The Suir flows from a branch of it, called Bien-Duffe, in the county of Tipperary, and after a course of many miles, at length receives the Neor and the Barrow. Clonmell and Carrick are situated on this river, over which, at the former, there is a bridge of twenty arches; and from both which places it is navigable to Waterford. The Angling for Salmon and Trout, near both Carrick and Clonmell, is very good.

The NEOR rises from the same branch, and running to the south-east, falls into the Barrow. The Barrow, from the same mountain, after taking a northerly course, turns to the south, and before it reaches Ross, is joined by the Neor; from this place it runs southerly, and is called Ross River, and after meeting the Suir, they all, below Waterford, lose themselves in St. George's Channel. These rivers abound with Salmon, Trout, and other good fish. Kilmachow river, which falls into the Suir about two miles, and another river, which, after running