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sary to have recourse to art for the imitation, 

 which may he successfully produced by dy- 

 ing the spotted feathers of a wild mallard 

 yellow, for which purpose a variety of recipes 

 have been given. This fly kills extremely 

 well at all hours of the day, particularly in 

 still water. 



Recipe for staining the Mallard's feather yellow, from 

 " Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler," Edit. 1808. 



Take the root of a Barberry tree and shave 

 it, and put to it woody viss, with as much 

 alum as walnut, and boil your feathers in it 

 with rain water, and they will be of a very 

 fine yellow. 



Recipe for staining the same colour, from " Salter's 

 Modern Angler" page 61. 



Scrape a small quantity of the bark of the 

 Barberry tree, or bruise in a mortar the root ; 

 add to it a lump of alum, and one or two 

 dozen gray feathers of a mallard ; boil them 



