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preamble, but I am assuming that he does not 

 know " all about it " ; and I am hoping that it 

 may serve the purpose of encouraging the 

 formation of an orderly mind, which is such 

 a necessary adjunct to an orderly method, and 

 which in its turn is so essential for approach- 

 ing the subject of fly-dressing in a methodical 

 manner. 



At all events, the foregoing may be skipped 

 by those who do know " all about it," as I 

 have been careful to intimate in the preface. 



