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kingdoms. " Surely, those fellows whose 

 business it is to make flies will make them 

 very much better than you can. Why can- 

 not you go to Bowness or Kelly for what you 

 want ?" 



" I will tell you why," said the Parson ; 

 " when I first handled the double rod, flies 

 cost half-a-crown a-piece ; and you know, by 

 experience, that, if there is anything of a 

 breeze, a young hand may safely reckon upon 

 whipping off three or four every day of his 

 life : now ten shillings a-day is a pretty fair 

 rent. It was necessity that first drove me to 

 fly-making, and what necessity commenced 

 was continued from choice." 



" The necessity I sympathise with," said 

 the Scholar ; " the choice I cannot under- 

 stand. You do not whip off your flies now ; 

 your ordinary wear and tear does not come 

 to half-a-dozen a- week ; and, whatever was 

 the case in former times, I can answer for it 

 that you may now get from Edmondson as 

 many flies as you like at nine shillings a- 

 dozen." 



" Hardly that," said the Parson, " if 

 you want the more expensive sorts. These 

 Erne flies, especially, you will not get worth 



