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of a bad colour ; fo I have obfer- 

 ved, that if it be a clowdy day, and 

 not extreme cold, let the winde fit 

 in what corner it will , and do its 

 worft. And yet take this for a 

 Rule , that I would willingly fifh 

 on the Lee-fhore : and you are to 

 take notice , that the Fifh lies, or 

 fwimms neerer the bottom in Win- 

 ter then in Summer, andalfo neerer 

 the bottom in any cold day. 



But I promifed to tell you more 

 of the Flie-fifhing for a Trout, ( which 

 I may have time enough to do, for 

 you fee it rains May-butter. J Firft for 

 a May-jlie 9 you may make his body 

 with greenifh coloured crewel, or 

 willow colour; darkning it in moft 

 places, with waxed filk, or ribd 

 with a black hare, or fome of them 

 rib'd with filver thred ; and fuch 

 wings for the colour as you fee the 

 flie to have at that feafon;nay at that 

 very day on the water. Or you may 

 make the Oak-file with an Orange- 

 I 2 tawny 



