PREFACE. IX 



and Mr. Flinn, of Worcester, has dressed for me 

 the local flies for Wales. The flies for the rivers 

 of the south of Ireland, are after patterns by W. 

 K. Rogers, Esq., of Cork, one of the most ac- 

 complished salmon anglers of my acquaintance; 

 and those for the north of Ireland, are made by 

 Mr. Blacker. 



I have taken care to mention the materials 

 that enter into the composition of salmon-flies, 

 and given recipes for the dyeing of wools, furs, 

 silk, and feathers of all those various colours 

 required by the fly-dresser. I have had a plate 

 of salmon-hooks engraved, to show their shapes 

 and sizes, from the largest to the smallest, and 

 have named the best maker of them. 



The Second part of the volume is occupied 

 with the natural history of the Salmon, including 

 a minute detail of its habits, with coloured plates, 

 representing the growth of Salmon-fry, and with 

 a chapter on the surest means of breeding that fish 

 artificially. I can recommend, without the slight- 

 est assumption of vanity, this part of the book to 

 the attention of the naturalist, as well as to the 



