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It is better, iii dying feathers, not to let the water boil, as the 

 boiling injures the feathers : with some dies, if the die is hand-warm 

 it will be quite sufficient. After the feathers are died, throw them 

 into a basin of clean cold water, then take them out, and lay them on 

 cloths or towels in a warm room ; they will dry hi a few minutes. 

 For the method of dying different colours, see Blacker 's ' Art of Fly- 

 making,' and ' The Fly-fisher's Entomology ' by Ronalds. 



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The PhryganecB 



" Include all those water-flies which have long antennae ; they 

 have four wings, which when closed lie flat on their backs, the two 

 upper ones being folded over the lower ones, such as the willow-fly, 

 alder-fly, &c." ' Salmonia, or Days of Fly-fishing' 



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The Ephemera 



" Differ from the Phryganeae in carrying their wings perpendicu- 

 larly on their backs, and in having long filaments or hairs in their 

 tail, as the March brown, and the various shades of dun, and the 

 May-fly. " Idem. 



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To preserve Feathers from the Moth. 



Keep them in tin cases, with plenty of black pepper ground fine, 

 and leave a bit of sponge also in the case, well saturated with spirits 

 of turpentine. 



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Silk, Silk Lims, and Gut 

 Should be kept from the air, as it tends to rot them : silk and 



