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dark veins. In autumn they are exceedingly numerous, 

 and appear to breed on land and in the water, for they 

 are very often rank by the water sides and also in 

 grass fields, particularly in low swampy parts. They 

 are good natural baits in summer and autumn. 



24TH. THE STONE FLY. The full length of a fine 

 female is near an inch and a quarter ; length, near or 

 about seven-eights ; feelers and whisks, three-eights ; 

 wings, one inch ; the hind legs, which are the longest, 

 are full five-eights; the diameter across the belly is 

 near one-eight and one-sixteenth, and full that at the 

 shoulders, where the wings are set on. The founda- 

 tion color is orange or yellow, darkened on the upper 

 and prominent parts with brown; the forehead, top 

 and sides of shoulders, a dark tortoise-shell mixture of 

 orange and brown; body, yellow; each joint uni- 

 formly marked, at the top and sides, with brown ; 

 throat, breast, and belly, dull yellow, with faint touches 

 of brown ; legs, feelers, and whisks, a lightish brown 

 and dim transparency. Top wings, when closed shew 

 veiny, of a brown grizzly hue and horny shine ; when 

 looked through to the light, are a dim transparency of 

 a light brown tinge, shewing the dark veins; eyes, 

 dark. 



She is imitated with brown bear's hair and yellow 

 camlet. Body, yellow camlet, with eight or nine open 

 rounds of dark brown floss silk, or camlet thread 

 warpt over it ; head and shoulders yellow camlet, 

 darkened on the upper parts, etcetera, with the brown 

 bear's hair ; wings selected from the feather of a wild 

 drake, partridge, or hen pheasant ; legged with hair or 



