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that are bred on the different English streams. 

 And be it remarked, that the smaller and more 

 shaded the river, stream, or brook, the larger 

 the fly. On wide and slightly-sheltered rivers, 

 the flies are small. As a general rule, use for 

 the Dove flies tied on No. 2 Kendal hook; 

 for the smaller and warmer streams of Der- 

 byshire and Staffordshire, flies dressed on 

 No. 3 Kendal hook. Many strangers, cele- 

 brated fly-fishers, and particularly the late Sir 

 Humphrey Davy, invariably used our flies in 

 preference to all others when they came to fish 

 on the Dove and the streams adjacent to it. 

 It was Sir Humphrey Davy, when once on a 

 visit to the hospitable owner of Ham Hall, 

 that suggested to our father, who always 

 accompanied him in his fly-fishing excursions, 

 the necessity of writing such a work as the 

 present. In fact, so anxious was Sir Hum- 

 phrey to have the result of our father's expe- 

 rience communicated to the public, that he 

 volunteered the aid of his literary talents, to 

 forward such an undertaking. Though the 

 task has fallen to be executed by less able hands, 

 still if zeal and industry can supply the place 

 of talent and celebrity, the public will not have 

 to regret much that Sir Humphrey Davy was 

 not the compiler of this Treatise. Now to 

 our list of flies. 



