1aod for dcmonstratioi1 that the1·c are many at :Bally.shnnnon Mr.. Caldwell tu:d me a very {H.ld story vii : that the men \\(ho take care of a considerable salmon fishing 1whieh he farms from Lord Folliott, do vrophesisc whither there will ibe fow or m:'lny Salmon catcl.it that •year, lhy the number of ratts they see upon a 1 i ttle Island in the river, where they make up their !Fish. So if they see many ratts they expect many 'Salmon, if few ratts they conclude they will take but a few .fish. I do not mention this as if tbere was anything to be depended on as to the observation of the persons concerned 1~in the fishing, tho they buCd much upon it, but I give it as an 1instance that there are ratts in albundance at BaUyshannon, tho' ;they do not come within two or three miles of my house, which is not five or six at farthest from Ballyshannon. As to the other story which you have heard, concerning some part of the Barony of Boylagh and Bannagh viz. Cattle cannot live there in summer, I find not ·great matter in it. iit is sandy ,ground, as 1I am told, and I believe little gras.s grows there in a dry summer, and perhaps there may he unwholesome herbs amongst it, this makes the people drive off their cattle in summer, and by that means they have top grass in the Winter. I am apt to believe that all sandy ground :s much of the same nature, for I observe that my own cattle do not much love to stay upon a sandy warren that is near their pasture. 1l suppose it is for the :same reason that the cattle do not thrive in the Rosses (that is 1the name of the :place) in summer. So I apprehend no great Yelation in the matter lbut if you think it of a more exac:t sc!"utiny, at any time I shall be ready to obey your commands. This Sir· is a tedious letter, but JI choose rather to be impertinent than defective. Your mo~t affer,t, and humble Servt.", "Tho vVad.man" AL.TANNA GAEILGE ISAN fearr ar a leahhar ar na Rosai IRI1S-LEABHAR SEO ach e hheith istigh againn r-0imh D'iarromar, ta ceithre bliana an aonadh la de Dl t·2ire Fomhni.t' o shoin, frid na paipeiri ui:ig 'ga 1952. lcamh i nDun na nGall, altanna stairiula -0 ughdair Gaelacha. B'€ :SAOL (BIOGRAPHY) Nia11 0 Domhnaill, .stairidhe og GAE'.LACH. FILI, CEOI~TOJRI cola.eh o na Rosai, an t-aon AGUS SEANCAI scriobhnoir a thug freagra ar an DHUN NA nGALL mor-cheist seo. O'n am ar sC!."iobh Chuir Micheal Og Mnc Faidin se chug.ainn ta dha cheann da cuntas goirid ar shaol duine de leahhra curtha i gclo ag '~1An fhi:i Gaelacha Dhun na nGall an club k~abhar" agus mar mhol.adh :ae indiu i mor-~.eabhar uimhir a da chuid oi.bre tarraigimid duais h-non den Iris...Leahhar seo. An "guinea'' ar an lear-mheas is bhfuil a thuilleadh le teacht? 330 ..
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