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colour is in consequence now claiming a good deal 

 of attention. There is plenty of room for research 

 in this direction. 



If the beginner in fly dressing has no sympathetic 

 schoolmaster, like " Bob," to turn to at the com- 

 mencement of his career he cannot do better than 

 buy a book entitled " Brook and River T routing," 

 written by a northern angler of great repute, Mr H. 

 H. Edmunds. It describes the dressing of all the 

 typical northern flies. The chapters on feathers 

 and materials are excellent. The whole of the 

 book is eminently practical, as becomes a fisher of 

 Mr Edmund's calibre. 



Young town-bred sportsmen can, if they are so 

 minded, follow up the study of the live insect by 

 t visits to some of our entomological museums. The 

 " set up " dead things will, of course, be found 

 wanting in one of their salient characteristics, 

 unceasing movement and tireless energy. Never- 

 theless, there is a good deal to be learned by picking 

 out the typical fishing insects in the various cases, 

 and examining both their under, and upper, sur- 

 faces. The general sobriety of their colour will be 

 found to be in striking contrast to those that are 

 often to be seen over-coloured in pictures. 



My entomological friend, mentioned in connec- 

 tion with the note on " The Insect Food of Trout," 



