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What was to l»o done I There was no time to write again, and we 

 wen all too busy men to tie flies for ourselves. We had not the 



time. What was to be done i My Eriends had relied on me, and 

 . . . . well, it was very vexatious, I had to look about for a 

 likely native* and a friend and I taught him, and .so we got OUT 

 flies just in time after all. But it was very nearly being a worse 

 disappointment In ordering flies, therefore, he sure to quote, not 

 only the number, hut also the author of the number, [f you take 

 Francis Francis' number, say so ; if mine, say so, and your taekle 

 maker will know what you want. If you do not he is not to blame 

 if you suffer a like disappointment to my own. 



But why have I given you a different scale from Francis 

 Francis ? It is very annoying, doubtless, and I am very sorry to do 

 anything to annoy you. Still less had I any silly fancy for setting 

 up a standard of my own. I would very much rather have 

 followed Francis Francis' scale, but unfortunately that scale did 

 not go as far as was necessary for Indian lishing ; it did not give 

 the larger sizes or the smaller ones ; it only gave medium sizes, 

 such as lie wanted for his own reference only. I saw no -way of 

 adapting his numbering to that of any hook maker that I knew of. 

 < )ther books quote other numbering without giving any drawing of 

 the scale, e.g., the Adliugton scale. I went to several leading 

 tackle shops, and was at a good deal of pains to find an accepted 

 scale. But in vain, there was none. I then did the next best 

 thing I could think of. I wrote to more than one of the nianu- 

 ommended by the leading tackle shops, and had my 

 drawings made from the scale of the manufacturer who took the 

 most trouble to give me a perfect scale My acknowledgments are 

 due to Messrs. B. Harrison. Bartleel and I !o., of Redditcb, for the 

 Messrs. William Bartleet and Sons, also of Bedditch, have 



a similar \ 



I mention all this because I think it is very much to be 



• Anthony Solomon Porasamy Pillni, Head Taxidermist, Government Centra] 

 Museum, Madras. 



II.- will do the same for you by the kind permission of the Curator of the 



mi, who, being himself a fisherman, has his heart in the right place for 



brother anglers. Of course the Taxidermist only docs it out of office hours, so you 



mu-t pn him :i little time, but if not ill a hurry, get your Hies lied at your own 



tackle -In.]) in England. 



