178 THE ENTOMOLOGY OF THE ERNE. 



" That Captain's Throw is worth any- 

 thing to us fishermen," said the Parson. 

 " You seldom catch anything there, to he 

 sure, because the rock on which you stand 

 overhangs the water, and the fish see you ; 

 hut then, in return, you see them, and your 

 line, and your fly, and everything that takes 

 place. Many a good lesson have I got on 

 the Captain's Rock." 



" But supposing that you are right," said 

 the Squire ; " supposing the Parson genus of 

 flies is intended to imitate the shrimp, ought 

 it not to he common to all rivers ? whereas, 

 to the best of my belief, it is peculiar to the 

 Erne." 



" If it is peculiar to the Erne, it is only 

 because it is not generally known," said the 

 Parson. " I have tried the fly in Norway, 

 and to some purpose too, especially where 

 the waters are at all tinged, or thick." 



" Have you seen that clever book by 

 ' Ephemera?'" said the Captain. "He has 

 given the picture of a fly as like our Erne 

 Parson as can be, to which he assigns the 

 name of Goldfinch." 



" * Ephemera' is mistaken," said the Par- 

 son ; " our king of flies was invented on the 



