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body with black silk, the whisks of the hairs of the beard of a 

 black cat, and the wings of the black-grey feather of a mallard. 



And now I come to the STONE-FLY; but I am afraid I have 

 already wearied your patience ; which if I have, I beseech you 

 freely tell me so, and I will defer the remaining instructions for 

 fly angling till some other time. 



VlAT. No, truly, sir, I can never be weary of hearing you. 

 But if you think fit, because I am afraid I am too troublesome, 

 to refresh yourself with a glass and a pipe, you may afterwards 

 proceed, and I shall be exceedingly pleased to hear you. 



PlSC. I thank you, sir, for that motion : for, believe me, I am 

 dry with talking : here, boy ! give us here a bottle and a glass ; 

 and, sir, my service to you, and to all our friends in the south. 



VlAT. Your servant, sir; and I'll pledge you as heartily; for 

 the good powdered beef I eat at dinner, or something else, has 

 made me thirsty. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



OF THE STONE-FLY ; ALSO A LIST OF FLIES FOR JUNE, JULY, 

 AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER; 

 WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE GREEN-DRAKE AND STONE- 

 FLY, AND ON POACHING. 



VlAT. So, sir, I am now ready for another lesson, so soon as 

 you please to give it me. 



PlSC. And I, sir, as ready to give you the best I can. Having 

 told you the time of the STONE-FLY'S coming in, and that he is 

 bred of a cadis in the very river where he is taken, I am next 

 to tell you that, 



13. This same STONE-FLY has not the patience to continue 

 in his crust, or husk, till his wings be full grown ; but so soon 

 as ever they begin to put out, that he feels himself strong (at 

 which time we call him a jack), squeezes himself out of prison, 

 and crawls to the top of some stone, where, if he can find a 

 chink that will receive him, or can creep betwixt two stones, the 



