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host. It would be easy now, and between 

 this hour and ten, to take half-a-dozen large 

 fish in this part of the water; but for the 

 reason I have already stated, it would be 

 improper. 



Poiet. — Pray would not this be a good 

 part of the water for day fishing. 



Hal. — Undoubtedly, a skilful angler might 

 take fish here in the day; but the bank is 

 shaded by trees, there is seldom any sensible 

 wind on the water, and the apparatus and 

 the boat in motion are easily perceived in 

 the daylight; and the water is so deep, that 

 a great quantity of fly is necessary to call up 

 the fish; and in general there is a larger 

 quantity of fly in hot summer evenings, than 

 even in the brightest sunshine. 



Phys. — The fly appears to me like a moth 

 that is now on the water. 



Hal. — It is. 



Poiet. — What flies come on late in the 

 season here? 



Hal. — Flies of the same species; some 

 darker, and some with a deeper shade of 

 red; and there are likewise the true moths, 



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