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FAVOURITE FLIES. 



by my fisherman Charles Purdie, and in such a manner 

 as to make them cut their way steadily through the 

 water. They are known by different names ; so that 

 when I say to my fisherman give me this, or give me 

 that, mentioning the patronymic, forth it comes, with- 

 out the trouble of searching over the book myself. 



Two of these flies are of the masculine gender, three 

 of the feminine, and one of the neuter. The masculine 

 are Michael Scott and Kinmont Willie; the feminine, 

 the Lady of Mertoun or the Flower of Yarrow, Meg 

 with the Muckle Mouth in her usual dress, and Meg in 

 her bravery — or, Scottice, hraws. The fly of the neuter 

 gender has been called Toppy from time immemorial. 



Wings 



No. 1. 

 Kinmont Willie. 

 - Mottled feather from under the wing 



of a male teal. 



