96 LIST OF FLIES. 



the genial breath of air that imparts vigour and action to 

 the flies, gives spirit and appetite to the fish. 



FAREWELL, the homely village Inn ! and adieu to the 

 fisherman's revels ! Farewell, flyfishers ! The elements of 

 your art are all laid prostrate ; your sports get starved and 

 solitary, and gone are the days of its charms ; the scenes 

 are changed ; murky mists and rains, and ominous sable 

 clouds now darken the shortened day ; the torrent's roar 

 swells in the gale, and howls and rattles through the leaf- 

 less woods. The lightsome day, the leafy shade, and the 

 flowery banks, have passed away. The warblers have fled, 

 the lark, the blackbird, and the thrush, swelled their wild 

 carol but now they are silent all. Fishermen, farewell ! 



