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ducing the finest ; but if those from the East Indian 

 Jungle cock can he obtained, you will possess the very 

 best. Wings put on separately, and 'obtained from the 

 wings of the corn-crake, shot immediately previous to 

 their autumnal migration. Fly No. 2, hare's ear and 

 yellow ; this has a tail composed of two strands from 

 the larger feathers of the guinea fowl, body composed 

 of the fine mottled hair off the ears of a hare, mixed 

 with fine mohair, of any of the intermediate shades 

 from straw colour to olive. The mohair should be cut 

 short, so that it will the better mix with the hare's ear. 

 This dubbing must also be tied in with the silk, and 

 the fly should be large at the shoulder. No hackle in 2 

 this specimen is required. The wings from the large 

 wing feathers of the fieldfare, each placed on sepa- 

 rately. Fly No. 3, black hackle ; body of blue wool 

 or mohair, finished at termination with a couple of 

 turns of silver tinsel, black hackle from domestic fowl 

 for shoulder, with the wing composed of the feather 

 either from tail or wing of the water-hen. The angler 

 had better be provided with various sizes of these, as 

 rivers are not always in the same condition, and 

 weather is variable. For me to say that other flies 

 will not kill better on some rivers, or at least 

 equally well, would be absurd, but those described I 

 have found most generally useful. A handsome and 

 frequently very killing fly at times, particularly in 

 blustering weather, is made of the following ma- 

 terial. Body of two of the longest and most rufous 

 strands of a feather from a brown turkey; these 

 strands to have the fingers pulled up them, so as 

 to cause the fine edges to stand out before being 

 wrapped on. Shoulder of brown cock's hackle, with 



