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witnessed a prettier sight, than to see the 

 banks of our streams crowded with persons of 

 every age and sex, dibbing with the green- 

 drake, while that beautiful insect is seen flut- 

 tering by myriads on or over the water, and 

 about the trees, shrubs, and plants in the 

 vicinity ; and the trout, now having recovered 

 completely from the effects of spawning, are to 

 be seen by hundreds with vigour and voracity 

 darting at this lovely " being of a day." 



