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begin with the flies of less esteem, though almost any- 

 thing will take a trout in May, that I may afterwards 

 insist the longer upon those of greater note and reputa- 

 tion ; know therefore, that the first fly we take notice 

 of in this month, is called 



1. The TURKEY-FLY, the dubbing ravelled out of some 

 blue stuff, and lapt about with yellow silk ; the wings, 

 of a gray mallard's feather. 



2. Next, a GREAT HACKLE or PALMER-FLY, with a 

 yellow body ribbed with gold-twist, and large wings, of 

 a mallard's feather dyed yellow, with a red capon's hackle 

 over all. 



3. Then a BLACK FLY, the dubbing of a black spaniel's 

 fur ; and the wings, of a gray mallard's feather. 



4. After that, a LIGHT BROWN with a slender body, 

 the dubbing twirled upon small red silk, and raised 

 with the point of a needle, that the ribs or rows of silk 

 may appear through ; the wings of the gray feather of 

 the mallard. 



5. Next, a LITTLE DUN, the dubbing of a bear's dun 

 whirled upon yellow silk ; the wings, of the gray feather 

 of a mallard. 



6. Then, a WHITE GNAT, with a pale wing, and a 

 black head. 



7. There is also in this month, a fly called the 

 PEACOCK-FLY : the body made of a whirl of a peacock's 

 feather, with a red head ; and wings, of a mallard's 

 feather. 



8. We have then another very killing fly, known by the 

 name of the DUN-CUT ; the dubbing of which, is a bear's 

 dun, with a little blue and yellow mixed with it ; a large 

 dun wing, and two horns at the head, made of the hairs 

 of a squirrel's tail. 



9. The next, is a COW-LADY, a little fly ; the body, 

 of a peacock's feather ; the wing, of a red feather, or 

 strips of the red hackle of a cock. 



