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r ump or tail of a partridge; the body is made 

 with a peacock's herl, and an ostrich's feather 

 mixed, and the legs of a fine black cock's hackle. 

 The hook, No. 7. 



THE LITTLE RED AND BLACK ANTFLIES, 



Come on about the tenth or twelfth of Au- 

 gust, are to be seen in warm gloomy days, till 

 the latter end of September; to be fished with 

 from about twelve o'clock, till four in the even- 

 ing, and are to be made in the same form as the 

 large ones, and with the same materials, but very 

 small. The hook, No. 9. 



THE LITTLE WHIRLING BLUE, 



Comes on about the tenth or twelfth of Au- 

 gust, and continues on about three weeks ; as it 

 swims down the water, its wings stand upright 

 on its back; it has a forked tail, the colour of its 

 wings; it is to be fished with from eleven o'clock 

 in the forenoon, till three in the afternoon. The 

 wings are made from a feather out of the wings of 

 a starling; the body is made with spaniel's fur, 

 mixed with a little yellow, and a fine red hackle 

 over the body. The hook. No. 8. 



THE LITTLE PALE BLUJE, 



Comes on about the same time as the Whirl- 

 ing blue, and continues on till about the latter 

 end of September; as it swims down the water, 

 its wings stand upright on its back ; it has a 

 forked tail, and the colour of its wings ; it is a 

 t, curious, little fly, and what the graylings 

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