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and with a made-fly I once took, ten days after he 

 was absolutely gone, in a cloudy dav, after a shower, 

 and in a whistling wind, five and thirty very great 

 Trouts and Graylings, betwixt five and eight of the 

 clock in the evening ; and had no less than five or 

 six flies, with three good hairs a-piece, taken from 

 me in despite of mv heart, besides. 



12. I should now come next to the Stone-fly, but 

 there is another gentleman in my way. that must of 

 necessity come in between : and that is the Gray- 

 Drake, which, in all shapes and dimensions, is per- 

 fectly the same with the other, but quite almost of 

 another colour ; being of a paler and more livid 

 yellow and green, and ribbed with black quite 

 down his body, with black, shining wings, and so 

 diaphanous and tender, cobweb-like, that they are 

 of no manner of use for daping, but come in, and 

 are taken after the Green-Drake, and in an artificial- 

 fly kill very well ; which fly is thus made : the dub- 

 bing of the down of a hog's bristles, and black 

 spaniel's fur, mixed, and ribbed down the body 

 with black silk, the whisks of the hairs of the 

 beard of a black cat, and the wings of the black- 

 gray feather of a mallard. 



And now I come to the Stone-Fly, but am afraid 

 I have already wearied your patience ; which if I 

 have, I beseech you freely tell me so, and I will 

 defer the remaining instructions for Fly-Angling 

 till some other time. 



Viat. No, truly, Sir, I can never be weary of hear- 



