116 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



1. Dubbed with the brown hair off the shank 

 of a brinded cow, and the grey feather of a drake 

 for wings. 



2. Dubbed with the fur from the bottom of a 

 squirrel's tail, and the wings of the grey feather of 

 a drake. Or, dubbed with squirrel's fur, mixed 

 with about a sixth part of fine hog's down, the 

 wings of a pale orange colour, taken frgm the quill 

 feather off a ruddy hen, the head to be Fastened 

 with ash-coloured silk, and a red unbarbed cock's 

 hackle may be warped under the wings, and a 

 $urn or two lower towards his tail. 



This is a very killing jly t and is taken best late 

 in the evening of a blustering warm day, 



3. Dubbed with the brown hair off a spaniel, 

 1aken from behind the ear, or with that oft a red 

 cow's flank; the wings, the grey feather off a 

 wild drake. 



4. Dubbed with seal's fur, dyed a perfect black, 

 mixed with a little Isabella-coloured mohair, the 

 body made *>mall, and the wings off a bright 

 mallard's feather. A kitting fly . 



5 Dubbed with the down combed from the 

 neck of a black greyhound, or the roots of a 

 fox-cub's tail, mixed with a little blue violet 

 worsted, upon a hook, the size No. 9, the wings 

 off the pale part of a starling's feather. 



Thisjly is a killing fly , and is taken from eight 

 to eleven, and from one to three. 



6. Dubbed with black mohair, upon a hook 

 -the size No. 9, and the wings the lightest part off 

 a starling's feather. 



7. Dubbed with the hair off a cow, or calf's 

 hide, which has been dressed in skinner's lime- 

 pit; if you hold it between your eyes and the 

 -sun, it will appear of a bright gold, or -amber co- 

 lour ; the wings off a feather of a brown -hen. 



