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them. And he may note, that there are in Wales and 

 other countries, peculiar flies, proper to the particular 

 place or country ; and doubtless, unless a man makes 

 a fly to counterfeit that very fly in that place, he is like 

 to lose his labour, or much of it ; but for the generality, 

 three or four flies, neat and rightly made, and not too 

 big, serve for a trout in most rivers all the summer. 

 And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac 

 out of date ! And of these, because as no man is born 

 an artist, so no man is born an angler, I thought fit to 

 give thee this notice. 



When I have told the reader, that in this fifth im- 

 pression there are many enlargements, gathered both 

 by my own observation and the communication with 

 friends, I shall stay him no longer than to wish him 

 a rainy evening to read this following Discourse ; and 

 that, if he be an honest angler, the east wind may never 

 blow when he goes a-fishing. 



I. W. 



