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excellent, and affords much pleasure. They may be found thus : 

 the May-fly usually in and about that month near to the river 

 side, especially against rain ; the oak-fly on the butt or body of 

 an oak or ash, from the beginning of May to the end of August ; 

 it is a brownish fly, and easy to be so found, and stands usually 

 witli his head downward, that is to say, towards tlie root of the 

 tree : the small black fly, or liawthorn-fly, is to be had on any 

 hawthorn bush after the leaves be come fortii. With these and 

 a short line, as I showed to angle for a chub, you may dape or 

 dop ; and also with a grasshopper behind a tree, or in any deep 

 hole, still making it to move on the top of the water, as if it were 

 alive, and still keeping yourself out of sight, you shall certainly 

 have sport if there be trouts ; yea, in a hot day, but especially 

 in the evening of a hot day, you will have sport. 



And now, Scholar, my direction for fly-fishing is ended with 

 this shower, for it has done raining : and now look about you, 

 and see how pleasantly that meadow looks ; nay, and the earth 

 smells as sweetly too. Come, let me tell you what holy Mr. 

 Herbert says of such days and flowers as these ; and then we 

 will thank God that we enjoy them, and walk to the river and sit 

 do^vn quietly, and try to catch the other brace of trouts. 



Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright. 



The bridal of the earth and sky ; 



Sweet dews shall weep thy fall to-night, — 



For thou must die. 



Sweet rose, whose hue, augry and brave. 

 Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye ; 

 Thy root is ever in its grave — 



And thou must die. 



Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, 



A box where sweets compacted lie ; 



My music shews you have your closes, — 



And all must die. 



Only a sweet and virtuous soul. 



Like a season'd timber, never gives. 



But when the whole world turns to coal, — 



Then chiefly lives. 



