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ted by the learned professor in support of his heresy : our 

 counter-quotations. The dragon-fly. Messrs. Ronalds, 

 Taylor, and Hansard's opinions on the question of imitating 

 nature in dressing flies. Why we thought it necessary to 

 write the chapter: concluding opinion. Vignette of 

 Ashborne-hall. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Flies for every Month in the Year. 

 Page 146172. 



Importance of this chapter. According to whose method 

 the flies are dressed. London-dressed flies : Messrs. Bow- 

 ness and Chevalier recommended. Opinion of our flies. 

 Size of flies. Sir Humphrey Davy at Ham Hall : his 

 opinions and intentions with respect to our father. List of 

 flies for January : red-brown fly blue dun refer to notes 

 light-blue dun golden palmer-fly Esterhazy dun 

 peacock fly. Admonition to the reader. Flies for Fe- 

 bruary : dark dun plain palmer red fly another blue 



dun red dun furnace fly. Flies for March : another 



blue dun dark-claret fly description of the furnace-hac- 

 kle another dark dun winter brown the March-brown, 

 or dun-drake : opinions with respect to this celebrated fly : 

 execution done with it : different ways of dressing or tying 



it : commendations of this fly March-brown dun-fly. 



Flies for April: orange dun cow-dung fly golden and 

 plain palmers grannom, or green-tail light-blue dun 

 yellow dun stone fly sand fly : our opinion of this excel- 

 lent fly : opinions of Messrs. Bainbridge and Ronalds. 



Flies for May: spider fly iron blue another dark 



dun another sort of palmer little yellow May-fly 



