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colour. Were I to attempt to manufacture 

 it on a dark or cloudy day, my result would 

 be the same as yours. Let me advise you, 

 my friend, always to make carmine on bright 

 and sunny days." " I will," says the English- 

 man ; " but I fear I shall make very little in 

 London." 



Poiet. — Your anecdote is as much to 

 the purpose as Physicus's ; yet I am much 

 obliged to you for the hint respecting the 

 effect of shadow, for I have several times in 

 May and June had to complain of too clear 

 a sky, and wished, with Cotton, for 



A day with not too bright a beam ; 

 A warm, but not a scorching, sun. 



Hal. — Whilst we have been conversing, 

 the May flies, which were in such quantities, 

 have become much fewer; and I believe the 

 reason is, that they have been greatly dimi- 

 nished by the flocks of swallows which every 

 where pursue them: I have seen a single 

 swallow take four, in less than a quarter 

 of a minute, that were descending to the 

 water. 



