For a brown. — Boil pounded alum until it 

 dissolves, add a quantity of walnut tree bark 

 when the sap is up, or the nuts of the same 

 tree whilst in the °;reen state ; boil them 



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delicate skill required for the management 

 of them when hooked enhances the plea- 

 sure of the experienced practitioner. 



Indian weed is sometimes recommended 

 to the Fly fisher; but its extreme brittleness 

 is a great objection, as it requires at least an 

 hour's soaking before it becomes sufficiently 

 elastic for use. 



The following methods of staining gut 

 were given to the author as choice and valu- 

 able recipes, and their efficacy is indispu- 

 table ; but as they are to be found in 

 Taylor's Art of Angling, and the Driffield 

 Angler, their claim to originality falls to the 

 round. 



