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LEGS. Are made best of one of the two 

 longest feathers of a peawit's topping. If this 

 cannot be easily procured, a black cock's hackle 

 will answer the purpose and is easier to use. 

 Either of these must be wound all down the 

 body, and the fibres then snipped off, as far 

 up as is shown in the figure. Hook, No. 0, 

 or 1. 



REMARKS. The rib may be formed with black 

 silk, and the hackle fastened under the shoulder. 

 This is an easier way. 



No. 5. GREAT DARK DRONE. 



This fly is found upon the grass in a very dull, 

 almost torpid, state, until nine or ten o'clock in 

 the morning, whence its name of Drone ; but 

 when the sun begins to warm the air, it takes 

 wing ; and afterwards, if there be a slight breeze, 

 it will be found upon the water. 



There is a great variety of colour in the genus. 

 A bright orange is sometimes seen all over the 

 body, a lemon colour sometimes pervades only 

 the middle part of the body, the knee joints are 

 sometimes tipped with orange, sometimes orange 

 veins appear in the wings ; and there is one 



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