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ance, as the reader will observe. The figure is an exact 

 drawing of one tied by Mr. N. himself. 



The Silver Gray, which Mr. N. ties on hooks No. 7 and 8, 

 is intended for high water, or when it is discolored after a 

 freshet. It has wings of gray mallard and a few sprigs of 

 wood-duck ; body of lead or pearl-colored seal's wool mixed 

 with a little yellow, and wound with silver tinsel and a gray 

 or barred hackle ; tag and head of ostrich hurl. It is not 

 represented by either of the four figures, but in form resem- 

 bles No. 2. 



Nos. 3 and 4 are exact copies of Nos. 11 and 12, found in 

 the " Book of the Salmon." I have introduced them here to 

 show what is meant by ''feelers," and to explain what a 

 " topping" is. The former are intended to represent the pair 

 of long antennae found in a natural fly ; they are folded back- 

 ward in the artificial fly, extending above and beyond the 

 wings. The tail and upper portion of the wings of the third 

 figure are "toppings," that is, feathers from the crest of the 

 golden pheasant. 



In addition to the flies I have described, there are several 

 tied by John Chamberlain that are in great repute on the 

 Nipissiguit. Amongst them is one which I will describe as 

 the '' Chamberlain." In tying it (commencing at the bend of 

 the hook) the body is first tipped with gold tinsel, the tail is 

 then tied on, and the lower part of the body, say one-fourth 

 of the way up, is wrapped with bright yellow floss, when a 

 blood-red hackle, and purple or maroon-colored floss are 

 fastened in, and the dark floss wrapped on for the remainder 

 of the body, followed by the gold tinsel and the hackle (four 

 turns are enough). Brown mallard or wild-turkey wings are 

 then put on, and it is finished with a head of black ostrich 

 hurl. The first fly I tied of this kind, was according to 



