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 . h ; andfrom Aran Island in the west to Lough Anure and SlieveSnaght Mountain in the east. With the exception of a veryfew small patches of cultivated ground here and there, the wholecountrv-side is a weary waste of rock-strewn land, and chieflyappeals to the sportsman—the angler especially, for there areincluded nearly one hundred miles of rivers and streams and con-siderably over one hundred lakes, many of the
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 . h ; andfrom Aran Island in the west to Lough Anure and SlieveSnaght Mountain in the east. With the exception of a veryfew small patches of cultivated ground here and there, the wholecountrv-side is a weary waste of rock-strewn land, and chieflyappeals to the sportsman—the angler especially, for there areincluded nearly one hundred miles of rivers and streams and con-siderably over one hundred lakes, many of them of importantproportions. But although this is chiefly a sportsmans districtit is by no means lacking in objects and places of interest to thenon-sporting tourist, as will be seen presently. At Anagary isencountered the first ford. Anagary Strand is a magnificentstretch of sand, and just outside it plenty of shore-shooting, andfirst-class sea-fishing, can be got. In passing it may be remarkedthat the whole of the coast right round to Burton Port literallyteems with flsh and fowl, and one can hardly pitch on a wrongspot for sport. A little further ahead—about 2 miles—and a. ROSSES AND GWEEBARRA. 87 splendid sheet of water comes into view on the left ; this isMuLLAGHDERG LouGH, a grand brown-trout water, and the homeof innumerable wild-fowl. On the right, just over a sand bar, asit were, is the wondrously pretty Inishfree Bay. Close by isThe Spanish Rock, on which there is good cause to believe oneof the Armada ships was wrecked. Local tradition has it that a few years ago a number of well-finished brass guns werefished up, but unfortunately fell into the hands of a travellingtinker by whose advice they were speedily broken up and sold tohimself. One cannot help wondering what price that tinkergave for those guns ! At Kixcaslagh there is quite a nice littlehouse of refreshment. After leaving here the road skirts CruitStrand, right out in front is Cruit Island, and to the n
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