Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . loughs can also be fished from Belleek orGarrison. Lnder the name of The Derrvgoxellv River thestream flows south for several miles, passing through the villageof Derrvgoxellv, and receiving several small tributaries on theway. Presentlv it reaches Loigh Ross, which is connected by awee burn with Cihrax Lough : thereafter it is known as TheSiLLEES River and bends and twists in every direction, its tortuous LOrC
Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . loughs can also be fished from Belleek orGarrison. Lnder the name of The Derrvgoxellv River thestream flows south for several miles, passing through the villageof Derrvgoxellv, and receiving several small tributaries on theway. Presentlv it reaches Loigh Ross, which is connected by awee burn with Cihrax Lough : thereafter it is known as TheSiLLEES River and bends and twists in every direction, its tortuous LOrCH ERNE. 135 course after a long detour south, finally ending in the h>ne justabove Enniskillen. Midway between Lough Ross and Enniskillenit receives a small stream coming down from another good brown-trout water, Lough Coolveroner. There are plenty of goodpools on this river, especially below Lough Ross, all of whichcan be covered from the banks. Another good trout stream is The Arnv River, which flowsfrom Lower Lough Macnean and empties into The Erne aboutsix miles above Enniskillen. In fact, there is a wealth of brook-fishing within easy reach of Klnniskillen on all OX 1HI-: ARW RI\ER. C}clists \\ ill revel in the roads hereabouts ; it is a lovelyrun from Enniskillen to Ballyshannon and Bundoran on the westand southern side of Lough lu-ne, and nearly as good bv theeast and northern road, via Kesh and Pettigo. The shooting in the district is strictly preserved, with theexception of some very fair wild-fowling to be had on the upperparts of Lough Erne, and this, of course, is free, so long as itoccurs from a boat. 136 PICTURESQUE DONEGAL. One of the loveliest stretches of salmon and trout water inthe British Isles is that portion of the River Erne which flowsfrom the fish-pass at Belleek down to the famous Falls ofBallyshanxon. So good is the fishing for salmon and grilse, andso exciting the brown-trout angling—with lusty fish running upto six or seven pounds weigh
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