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low Silk waxed with green Wax ; the Whiflcs 

 of the Tail of the long Hair of Sables^ or 

 Fitchet ; and the Wings of the white-grey 

 Feather of a wild Mallard dyed yellow. 3. 

 T\it Artificial Stone-fly^ made of Bears dun 

 Hair, with a little brown and yellov/ Camlet 

 well mixed •, but fo placed, that the Fly may 

 be more yellow on the Belly, and towards 

 the Tail underneath, than in any other Part. 

 You may place two or three Hairs of a black 

 Cat's Beard on the Top of the Hook, in the 

 arming or whipping, fo as to be turned up 

 when you wrap on your Dubbing, and to 

 Hand almoft upright. This Fly is to be ribb'd 

 with yellow Silk^ and his PFings to be long and 

 very large, of the dark-grey Feather of the 

 wild Mallard, or of the brown foft Feather of 

 a Kite, or of the Feather got out of the Wing 

 of a Throftle. Sometimes you m^cy dibble with 

 an artificial Stone-fly in the ftill Deeps, in an 

 Evening, if any gentle Gale ofWind or Breeze 

 furl them. 4. The black May-fly, which is 

 the next in Order, made in the Body of the 

 black Whirl of an Oftrich- feather, ribb'd with 

 Silver Twift, and the black Hackle of a Cocky 

 or Capon, over all. It is a killing Fly, but not 

 equal with the Green-drake, or Stone-fly. 5, 

 The little yellow May-fly^ of the fame Shape 

 with the Green-drake, and of as bright a Yel- 

 low as can be feen, made of a bright yellow 

 Camlet',thQ Wings of a white-grey Feather dy- 

 ed yellow. Some dub it with yellow Fur of 

 a Martern. 6. The Grey-drake^ in Shape and 

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