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which are the Matadores for Trout and Grayling ; 

 and, in their season, kill more fish in our Derbyshire 

 rivers, than all the rest, past and to come, in the 

 whole year besides. 



But first I am to tell you, that we have four 

 several flies which contend for the title of the 

 May-fly : namely, 



The Green-Drake, 



The Stone-Fly, 



The Black-Fly, and 



The Little Yellow May-Fly. 



And all these have their champions and advocates 

 to dispute, and plead their priority ; though I do 

 not understand why the two last-named should, 

 the first two having so manifestly the advantage, 

 both in their beauty, and the wonderful execution 

 they do in their season. 



11. Of these, the Green-Drake comes in about 

 the twentieth of this month, or betwixt that and 

 the latter end, for they are sometimes sooner, 

 and sometimes later, according to the quality of 

 the year ; but never well taken till towards the 

 end of this month, and the beginning of June. 

 The Stone -Fly comes much sooner, so early as the 

 middle of April; but is never well taken till to- 

 wards the middle of May, and continues to kill 

 much longer than the Green-Drake stays with us, 

 so long as to the end almost of June ; and indeed, 

 so long as there are any of them to be seen upon 



