Barrington
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Nore, in I reland, some forty years ago, he might assist me by calling to mind a small inn about two miles from the confluence of that river with the Barrow, a spot in great favour with those who followed the gentle craft. It was a very unpretending hostel, something wherein cottage and farm-house were blended, and only recognisable as a place of entertainment by a tin trout suspended over the doo...
MoreNore, in I reland, some forty years ago, he might assist me by calling to mind a small inn about two miles from the confluence of that river with the Barrow, a spot in great favour with those who followed the gentle craft. It was a very unpretending hostel, something wherein cottage and farm-house were blended, and only recognisable as a place of entertainment by a tin trout suspended over the doorway, with the modest inscription underneath, Fisherman s Home. Very seldom is it, indeed, that hotel pledges are as honestly fulfilled as they were in this simple announcement. The house was, in all that quiet comfort and unostentatious excellence can make, a veritable Home! Standing in a fine old orchard of pear and damson-trees, it was only approachable by a path which led from the high-road, about two miles off, or by the river, which wound round the little grassy promontory beneath the cottage. On the opposite side of the stream arose cliffs of considerable height, their terraced sides covered with larch and ash, around whose stems the holly, the laurel, and arbutus grew in a wild and rich profusion. A high mountain, rugged with rock and precipice, shut in the picture, and gave to the river all the semblance of a narrow lake.
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