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ribbed with yellow silk ; and the wings long, and very large, 

 of the dark gray feather of a mallard. 



14. The next May-fly is the BLACK-FLY ; made with a 

 black body, of the whirl of an ostrich-feather, ribbed with 

 silver-twist, and the black hackle of a cock over all ; and is a 

 killing fly, but not to be named with either of the other. 



15. The last May-fly, that is of the four pretenders, is the 

 LITTLE YELLOW MAY-FLY ; in shape exactly the same with the 

 Green-Drake, but a very little one, and of as bright a yellow 

 as can be seen ; which is made of a bright yellow camlet, and 

 the wings of a white-gray feather dyed yellow. 



1 6. The last fly for this month, and which continues all 

 June, though it comes in in the middle of May, is the fly called 

 the CAMLET-FLY ; in shape like a moth, with fine diapered, or 

 water-wings, and with which, as I told you before, I sometimes 

 used to dibble ; and Grayling will rise mightily at it. But 

 the artificial fly, which is only in use amongst our Anglers, is 

 made of a dark-brown shining camlet, ribbed over with a very 

 small light-green silk, the wings of the double-gray feather of a 

 mallard ; and 't is a killing fly for small fish. And so much 

 for May. 



JUNE. 



From the first to the four-and- twentieth, the Green-Drake 

 and Stone-fly are taken, as I told you before. 



1. From the twelfth to the four-and-twentieth, late at night, 

 is taken a fly, called the OWL-FLY, the dubbing of a white 

 weasel's tail, and a white-gray wing. 



2. We have then another Dun, called the BARM-FLY, from 

 its yeasty color ; the dubbing of the fur of a yellow-dun cat, 

 and a gray wing of a mallard's feather. 



3. We have also a HACKLE with a purple body, whipped 

 about with a red capon's feather. 



4. As also a GOLD-TWIST HACKLE with a purple body, 

 whipped about with a red capon's feather. 



