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here. You may fish till doomsday with such 

 things and catch nothing." 



I expressed my surprise with much humility 

 that this should be so, seeing that they had 

 been supplied by the most celebrated maker 

 in this neighbourhood. 



"Ah," said he, drawing out a large pocket- 

 book, "look at these, my friend. That's the 

 fly for grayling in the early morning, this for 

 trout in the evening, and this for all-day fishing 

 for either trout or grayling. Nothing can re- 

 sist it." 



He began to pack them up again, and / 

 how I coveted those wonderful flies. 



" As I have remarked," said he, " if you 

 want a real good day I'll give you my card. 

 You can write to me and I'll fix it for you. 

 Would you care to try a cast of my flies ? " 

 he continued. 



I thanked him heartily, and said " I should." 



" There's my card ; and as I hope you will 

 be a good customer another day, I will only 

 charge you eighteenpence for this cast, and 

 two shillings for a dozen of my choicest flies 

 warranted to kill." 



I looked at my friend's card, and then I 



