120 SEPTEMBER. 



feverish eye and ear, and but few paces distant. 

 Oh ! could I chain thee to this stream, and rob 

 thee of thy warlike implements, how changed a 

 mind thou wouldst possess, and in the fair face 

 of Heaven confess our great superiority. 



The Flies are now so few and weak that it 

 is really difficult to point out those most likely 

 to yield sport, if I except the Black and 

 Brown Palmer, with which, on windy days, you 

 are pretty sure of success ; the House Fly, 

 too, may be used, of the larger kind, such as 

 the Blue Bottle, &c., though I cannot say I have 

 ever seen so close a resemblance as to induce my 

 trying it ; there exist also a few light-coloured 

 Duns which might be added to your store, but 

 the Palmers are in my opinion preferable. 



The knell of parting summer tells me I must 

 now take leave of you till the next year's spring, 

 and leave the field to the busy recreation of the 

 shot : my enthusiasm makes me wish them 

 linked with us ; for as it is, they neither enjoy 

 our quiet, or our sunshine, our reflection, or 



