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hook, heated again, and hardened by sudden 

 immersion in water ; upon this foundation was fixed 

 the ordinary materials used in the composition of a 

 " Butcher." 



(2nd.) This was a very natural representation of 

 a monster humble bee, it being dressed upon an 

 eyed spinning lead, the yellow and red rear end being 

 garnished with a battery of six small dun hooks, in a 

 band or circle. 



(3rd.) Was the combination known as the Black 

 Dose (a famous Norwegian fly), which presented a 

 strikingly original appearance, the long and neatly- 

 proportioned body terminating with nothing more 

 prominent than one of the insignificant minute 

 hooks previously referred to, but in lieu of the 

 hackles for legs, stained gut had been used, each 

 of the numerous strands being tipped with a fine 

 hook. 



Practical testing proved the first to be of indifferent 

 worth. The notion was no doubt good, and, ample 

 for the purpose, but the difficulty of tampering with 

 already tempered metal was not got over successfully 

 before the supply of these very necessary domestic 

 implements failed, x 



The second answered very well, but the plan was 

 not equally applicable to the generality of salmon 

 flies, and as the humble bee was no more infallible in 

 its death-dealing qualifications than any of the 

 thousand and one reputed never-failing guiles, our 

 main stay was the "centipede" salmon lure, which 

 answered most admirably the necessary end and 



