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more neatly tied than anything he can do 

 for himself." 



" Yes," said the Parson, " I believe firmly, 

 that if you ask for a dozen of dodo hackles 

 with phoenix wings, you will have them ; and 

 if you are curious about a roc's tail feather, 

 Bowness will find some Sindbad to get it 

 for you : but, for all that, you must have a 

 good pattern, and a pretty competent know- 

 ledge of the art yourself, so as to give your 

 own directions ; for, though I would trust 

 Bowness in the dark in the choice of 

 trout-flies, his advice is worth nothing for 

 salmon." 



" I do not think they have much origin- 

 ality there," said the Squire. " In fact, I 

 suspect his own personal experience does not 

 incline much to salmon ; but they copy like 

 Chinamen." 



" But a man ought to have something 

 more in his pocket than his half-pay," said 

 the Captain, " if he goes there. What do 

 you think of the Dublin makers ? I myself 

 use no flies but my own ; but I have seen 

 some nice-looking things there, and, at all 

 events, they are cheap enough." 



" My experience in the native manufac- 



