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much more perfectly than is ever done in any of 

 the numerous artificial flies made by the best ar- 

 tists in that line of work. The fish, indeed, ap- 

 pear to seize upon an artificial fly, because, when 

 drawn by the angler along the water, it has 

 the appearance of being a living insect, whose 

 species is quite unimportant, as all insects are 

 equally welcome, though the larger they are, 

 as in the case of grasshoppers, so much the 

 better, because they then furnish a better 

 mouthful. The aim of the angler, accordingly, 

 ought to be to have his artificial fly calculated, 

 by its form and colours, to attract the notice 

 of the fish, in which case he has a much greater 

 chance of success, than by making the greatest 

 efforts to imitate any particular species of fly." 

 Before we proceed any further, we beg to 

 point out the manifest contradictions in this 

 one extract. First the professor says, that 

 "anglers' artificial flies, very rarely indeed, 

 bear the most distant resemblance to any living 

 Jly or insect whatever ;" and in the very 

 next sentence he adds, " The fish, indeed, 

 appear to seize upon an artificial fly, because, 

 when drawn by the angler along the water, 

 it has the appearance of being a living insect." 

 We really cannot, for the life of us, under- 

 stand how an object which does not bear 

 the most distant resemblance to any living 



