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rials, will frequently raise fish when all the 

 imitations of nature have proved unsuccess- 

 ful : indeed so fastidious and whimsical are 

 the Salmon at times, that the more brilliant 

 and extravagant the fly, the more certain is 

 the Angler of diversion . The fly thus 

 given as a specimen is formed as follows: 

 the wins;s the extreme end of the feather 

 of a guinea fowl not stripped, but having the 

 feather left on both sides the middle stem ; 

 a blood red hackle should be fastened on 

 with the wino;s, and so arranged as to extend 

 beyond them ; the dyed feathers used by 

 officers in the army answer very well for 

 this purpose, if those from the macaw can- 

 not be procured. The body is best made of 

 the harl of an ostrich dyed to correspond 

 witli the red feather introduced ; with a 

 bright yellow hackle over it. The beautiful 

 green feather which forms the eye of the 

 peacock's tail should be fastened at the head, 

 and left hanging downwards so as to cover 



