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that at certain extraordinary times, when imi- 

 tations of nature do not succeed, salmon are 

 then caught with gaudy flies ; and that at such 

 times salmon are so fastidious and whimsical, 

 that is, when they forget their ordinary natural 

 gout, and lose their ordinary plain sense, they 

 become enamoured of an extravagant sort of fly. 

 Because one dog or one horse will sometimes eat 

 an orange, is that a proof, or a corroboration of 

 a proof, that dogs or horses are frugiverous ? 

 Because a man happens once, twice, or ten times 

 a year, to get intoxicated, and whilst in that 

 state is whimsical enough to prefer a brick-bat 

 to a loaf of bread, is that a proof that he likes 

 the former better or as well as the latter ? Sal- 

 mon do no more when they prefer a gaudy or 

 extravagantly-dressed fly, and Mr. Bainbridge 

 does not say they do. Now to further prove 

 that Mr. Bainbridge is talking only of an excep- 

 tion, and not laying down a principle, and that 

 he would be very sorry to teach any such dan- 

 gerous doctrine as that professed by Mr. Ren- 

 nie, we will proceed to quote him in our favour. 

 Mr. Bainbridge recommends five flies for sal- 

 mon-fishing, only one of which is to be gaudy ; 

 one is to be of colours of a sombre cast; another 

 is to be so plainly dressed, that it is called the 

 quaker fly ; another is to be dressed with wings 

 made of the dark-mottled brown or blackish fea- 



