A BOTTOMLESS. LAKE

New Zealand Tablet, 13 December 1906, Page 37

A BOTTOMLESS. LAKE

■/- In' -County^ligo, Ireland, among .the hills^,tlie.re ? is -a. small Jake-renowned in- 'that,., region, for lis.tabulp,us depth. A professor' happVned t<> J "T)e"nn that part '"'"'of Ireland last summer, and" slarled" out" one" (lay "for' 'a •".ramble among the moiin-ta'ins, taccompanied by a native guide. As th«y^ climbed, I»at as^ed him if he wouVd" like to see -this >' lake, - l '-f or ' it's" lib'- ""bottom at all, sorx.'. ' - „./ . , : r V • ; .. / .. ;;.-;., 'But how do i you know .that, ,Pat.V '" "asked """"the professor. , ,!.-,' '*['"',' ' Well, -- sbfr, I'ir ""tell- "Vey-' m& " ow'nc 'cousin was showin' the pond to a 1 genbleman itne day, sorr, who looked incredulous, "hkep -just- as- you -do, and me cousin couldiTt understand it for him to>, doubt" his" worxd; sorr, and so he said, " Besorra, I'll' prove the trutji •of me words, '-Vand^bff with^-his clothes and in "he jumped.,;, ..~' „, t - „- v ,_^ „. _-„.,£ Ihe professor's face -wore. an amazed and quizzical expression.. ; -'■ - „.- . .-^ s ?.:> -. .c^..^ \,a^ ► /^Yess, sorr, in he "jumpe^d ."and^'didn'-t-come^up akain at- -all, at all;'-^'-- : - -A. /: , <-^ .. : :^ <\%\ ' But,' said the professor,, ' I don't see 'that your cousin proved, the - point by' recklessly di owning him- ' self.' _ - • n. - . i' ' Sure, ; sorr, it wasn't drowned at all he, was. The [-next day comes a'cablg from.. him £n 'Australia a§kifi' to send, on his clothes. 'V : -" v **<„. "*'-- %'■ * >-*