i70 THE ENTOMOLOGY OF THE ERNE. 



ture," said the Squire, u is not very exten- 

 sive. I bought but a dozen or so, by way of 

 specimens, as I always do wherever I go ; 

 and these were not cheap, for they whipped 

 to pieces, and washed out. Bad material 

 and careless workmanship are not cheap, 

 whatever you pay for them."* 



" After all," said the Parson, " the best 

 thing that a man can do, wherever he goes, 

 is to buy specimens of the flies of the river 

 on the spot, and to improve upon them if he 

 can. And supposing he cannot tie his own 

 flies, or is too idle to do it, or prefers flirting 

 with the Annes and Sallys of the neighbour- 

 hood, all he has to do is to find out the fishing 

 genius of the place, and to set him to work. I 

 never knew a river yet, that had not some 

 poaching disreputable rascal belonging to it, 

 who could make flies ten times as well as I 

 could, and use them, too, when they were 

 made." 



" In fact, to do what we are doing now, 

 minus the disreputable rascal part of the 

 business," said the Captain ; u but in order 



* The Author, correcting for the year 1850, has 

 great pleasure in being able to record a decided im- 

 provement in the Dublin flies. 



