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sequence of which experiment was in a very 

 short time a pannier well filled with fine 

 Trout, amounting in weight to nearly sixteen 

 pounds ; whilst the other party, well ac- 

 quainted with the river, had not caught 

 half the weight. His astonishment at this 

 success was extreme, as he said he was igno- 

 rant of the existence of such a fly : indeed so 

 prejudiced are the generality of the fishermen 

 of these countries in favour of the flies made 

 from the snipe and plover, (which they re- 

 gard as incomparable) that almost every 

 other description is neglected by them. 



The wings are made from the sandy 

 coloured feather of the landrail's wing, with a 

 ginger hackle for legs ; and the bright sandy 

 coloured fur from the hare's neck mixed with 

 a very small quantity of orange coloured mo- 

 hair for the body ; or if dressed as a hackle, the 

 feathers from under the throstle's wing arc 

 nearest the colour of the wings of the fly, 



