FLIES. 53 



fish in this part of the water ; but, for the 

 reason I have already stated, it would be 

 improper. 



POIET. Pray would not this be a good 

 part of the water for day-fishing ? 



HAL. Undoubtedly, a skilful angler might 

 take fish here in the day; but the bank is 

 shaded by trees, there is seldom any sensible 

 wind on the water, and the apparatus and the 

 boat in motion are easily perceived in the day- 

 light ; and the water is so deep, that a great 

 quantity of fly is necessary to call up the fish ; 

 and in general there is a larger quantity of 

 fly in hot summer evenings than even in the 

 brightest sunshine. 



PHYS. The fly appears to me like a moth 

 that is now on the water. 



HAL. It is. 



POIET. What flies come on late in the 

 season here ? 



HAL. Flies of the same species ; some 

 darker, and some with a deeper shade of red ; 

 and there are likewise the true moths, the 

 brown and white, which, in June and July, 

 E 3 



