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the freckled dun, the produce of the stickbait, which 

 he called his " moorcock and spicy silk." But the first 

 generation of the freckled dun had past, or was eclipsed 

 by the green drake, then in full force ; and the artifi- 

 cial green drake in the sunny calm, was in total 

 eclipse by the living fly ; which would have filled a 

 pannier in an hour. Those who practise flyfishing in 

 all its varieties, find, amidst the changes of weather 

 and waters, suitable times and occasions for either ; 

 and neither overrate the one or undervalue the other. 



63RD. GREY DRAKE. Size about the same as the 

 green drake, but smarter, and shews her real colors. 

 Wings, transparent and sparkling, of an inky tinge, 

 with dark or black veins and crossings, thickening to 

 the shoulders, the tops of which are dark ; and the spots 

 or marks on the joints of the body, dark and distinct, 

 of a deep red or black brown ground. Body and shoul- 

 ders, a creamy yellow white, dimly transparent ; some 

 with long whisks and long fore-legs, of a light ale tinge 

 and transparency ; case or pellet eyes which varieties 

 appear in some individuals of most species of the 

 drakes. 



Hackled, for wings, with a black cock's hackle ; for 

 legs, fibres of red brown hair ; body, light cream co- 

 lored smooth woollen thread, warpt with eight or nine 

 open rounds of brown floss silk. 



The grey drake continues the history of the green 

 one ; unencumbered with the green mantle, the grey 

 drake pursues her pleasures with ease and vivacity. 

 She shuns the streams and seeks society ; and soon 

 they draw together in increasing numbers. Towards 



