CABBAGE, AND OTHER GRUBS. 67 



Lest some critic should quote this at the 

 author's expense, he will say no more about 

 the Grasshopper, et hoc genus omne^ than that 

 its best season is from July to December. He 

 may, however, add, that in^?/-fishing for Gray- 

 ling, the fly must float down the water. If drawn 

 against the stream, the fisher may be assured of 

 no sport ; as, from the peculiar formation of the 

 Grayling's lips, he is unable to take a fly that 

 is before him ; — it must pass hy him ; and then 

 he rises backwards, and so seizes the insect. 

 But with the Trout, it is very different; he 

 rises at the fly when it is before him. If, 

 therefore, you wish to make a better inspection 

 of his spots, and have not Lord Rosse's tele- 

 scope at hand, I recommend you to throw 

 neither directly up nor down the water; but, 

 rather, to draw slantingly across it; by which 

 means, a Trout, lying something below your 

 fly, will follow, and take it, before the gut is 

 perceived. 



While on the topic of sinking Baits, I may 

 observe, that I have often leaded the shank of 

 a small hook — No. 8. for instance — and 



