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of a cow, some red warped in for the tag of his tail, and a dark 

 wing : a killing fly. 



2. Next a fly called the fern-fly,* the dubbing of the fur of a 

 hare's neck, that is, of the color of fern or bracken, with a darkish 

 grey wing of a mallard's feather ; a killer too. 



3. Besides these, we have a white hackle ; the body of white 

 mohair, and warped about with a white hackle feather ; and this 

 is assuredly taken for thistle down. 



4. We have also this month a harry-long-legs ; the body made 

 of bear's dun and blue wool mixed, and a brown hackle feather 

 over all. 



Lastly, in this month all the same browns and duns are taken, 

 that were taken in May. 



SEPTEMBER. 



This month the same flies are taken, that are taken in April. 



1. To which I shall only add a camel-brown fly ; the dubbing 

 pulled out of the lime of a wall, whipped about with red silk, 

 and a darkish grey mallard's feather for the wing. 



2. And one other for which we have no name ; but it is made 

 of the black hair of a badger's skin, mixed with the yellow softest 

 down of a sanded hog. 



OCTOBER. 



The same flies are taken this month, that were taken in March. 



NOVEMBER. 



The same flies that were taken in February, are taken this 

 month also. 



DECEMBER. 



Few men angle with the fly this month, no more than they do 

 in January ; but yet if the weather be warm, — as I have known 

 it sometimes in my life to be, even in this cold country, where it 



• This is not properly a fly, but a beetle, called the fern, or garden 

 chafer {Melalontha horticola). — Rennie. 



