*The Complete Angler* 



: there be of Flies, Ca- 

 tcr pillars, and. Canker flies, and Bear 

 flies ; and indeed, too many either 

 formee to name, or for you to re- 

 member : and their breeding is fo 

 various and wonderful, that I might 

 eafily amaze my felf, and tire you in 

 a relation of them. 



And yet I wil exercife your pro- 

 mifed patience by laying a little of 

 the Caterpillar, or the Palmer flie or 

 worm ; that by them you may guefs 

 what a work it were in a Difcourfe 

 but to run over thofe very many 

 flies, worms, and little Hying crea- 

 tures with which the Sun and Sum- 

 mer adorn and beautifie the river 

 banks and meadows ; both for the 

 recreation and contemplation of the 

 Angler: and which (I think) I my- 

 felf enjoy more then any other man 

 that is not of my profefsion, 



Pliny holds an opinion, that ma- 

 ny have their birth or being from a 

 dew that in the Spring falls upon the 



leaves 



