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mayfly. The latter flutters over the water ; the 

 stone-fly hops and runs about on its surface. 



The tails of the stone-fly are two in number, 

 those of the mayfly three, and are longer and 

 more delicate. 



I consider that the dressing which Ronalds, in 

 his work entitled * Ephemera/ gives of this fly is 

 the best, so I append it : 



Body : Hare's ear mixed with yellow worsted, 

 ribbed with yellow silk, leaving most yellow at 

 the tail end of the body. 



Wings : From a quill feather of the hen pheasant's 

 wing. 



Legs : A hackle stained greenish-brown (I con- 

 clude he means by a hackle a pale dun hackle), 

 or of a natural dark grizzle. 



Hook 4 or 5 (long). 



THE MAYFLY (EPHEMERA). 



This is by far the largest of the Ephemera. In 

 the extract which I have quoted from * Homes 

 without Hands,' I have said very nearly all there 

 is to say respecting this fly. As has been re- 

 marked, it, in common with the rest of the tribe, 

 casts its skin. 



There is some difference between the male and 

 the female fly, the latter being preferred by the 

 fish. When first hatched, both male and female 



