BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE AWKWARD SQUADS BY THRASNA RIVER RING O' RUSHES THE CHARMER THE BARRYS IRISH PASTORALS HARVARD COLLEGE LIDMARY THE BEQUEST OF THEODORE JEWETT EASTMAN 1931 Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE T THE SQUIREEN F you CHAPTER I climb Rhamus Hill, mount the castle wall and set your face towards the setting sun, on your right will be Emo and the long glitter of Lough Erne, behind will lie Thrasna river and the wilderness of Bilboa; on your left Lackan lough will gleam darkly among the hills, Armoy and its boglands stretch away towards my Lord the mountain, and the pastures of Gorteen spread out below your feet even unto the distant whiteness of the Ferry road and the rude borders of Drumhill townland. Should the day be cloudy and in summertime, the wind south-west and moist, the sky high and grey, your eyes will have happy sight of a characteristic Ulster prospect. The scene will be fair, wide-spreading and varied, at once heartsome and subdued: mountains blue and A |