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particularly correct in a rainy season. At such a 

 time the angler has only to select a gloomy day 

 at the clearing of the water after a flood, with a 

 southern or western breeze playing upon the 

 ranges, and raising mimic waves upon their sur- 

 face, and if he be a good craftsman, and have 

 good " tools," the fault will be his own if he 

 return home at " dewy eve " without a well-filled 

 pannier. On such a day we should use a good 

 red palmer (hook No. 4. or 5.) and a blue dun 

 (hook No. 4.) dressed as No. 2. in our first table, 

 or else, perhaps, the willow fly, as our judgment 

 or caprice might lead us. In finer water and a 

 stiller atmosphere we should stick to the autumnal 

 dun, dressed on a No. 1. or 2. hook, and a small 

 red palmer without gold twist or, in short, any 

 of the flies in our list which we might consider 

 best suited to the water and the atmosphere, or to 

 resemble most any particular fly upon the water 

 to which the fish might be exhibiting a partiality. 

 Here our instructions cease. We again repeat, 

 that we do not expect them to be efficient unless 

 taken as a whole. In common fairness we invite 

 a perusal of the entire book, and venture to hope 

 that the pupil who reads it for the purpose of 

 acquiring instruction will not be wholly disap- 



