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reach tlie end near the head. Fasten it : and 

 in so doing, warp in a strand from the pea- 

 cock's tail feather, or from the black ostrich 

 (fig. 8.). During this operation, the hook has 

 been bent aivay from the body, as seen in 

 figs. 7. and 8., to allow you to wind on the 

 worsted. Press back the gut, so as that the 

 hook shall lie near the tail of the bait; and 

 secure it in that position by a few turns 

 of the silk. Wind the peacock's or ostrich's 

 herl over these turns four or five times, so 

 as to form a head. Fasten all ; and you will 

 have fig. 1. Plate III., the most killing grub 

 ever introduced into a stream. 



Think not, kind reader — imagine not, good 

 brother fisherman, that I hoast (all readers are 

 kind, often very kind, not to " damn with 

 faint praise ; " — all fishermen are good, often 

 very good, in rendering neighbourly offices to 

 their brethren in distress). As mere author, 

 I might be at liberty to leave you to your 

 own cogitations on the subject of Grasshopper 

 fishing, and to my simple Ipse dixit. But 

 I will instance a gentleman, Avho is one 



