100 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



dressed in a skinner's lime-pit ; but, as I said be- 

 fore, seal's fur dyed is much better than either 

 cow's or either of the hairs of these two ; because 

 it is not so harsh, and does not require so much 

 trouble to work it on the hook ; and observe fur- 

 ther, that this fur is for small flies, and hog's 

 down for large ones. 



CJMLETS, 



Both hair and worsted of all colours-, blue, yel- 

 low, dun, brown, dark brown, light brown, red, 

 violet, purple, black, horse-flesh, pink, and 



orange. 



FURS, 



Off the squirrel,< especially his tail ; a hare, the 

 part off the neck which is a withered fern colour; 

 fox-cub from the tail where it is downy and of an 

 ash colour ; ati old fox, and old otter, otter-club, 

 fiitimart, or filmert ; a mole, a black cat's tail ; a 

 house-mouse, and water-rat; a marten, particu- 

 larly from off the gills, or spots under the jaws, 

 which is of a fine yellow. These are all to be had 

 at the furriers. 



HACKLES. 



These are the feathers that hang from the head 

 of a cock, down his neck, and likewise near his 

 tail, they are particularly used in making the pal- 

 mer fly ; get the following colours of them, viz. 

 red, dun, yellowish, white, orange, and black; let 

 not the fibres of them be above half an inch long. 

 Whenever you meet with a cock, whose hackle is 



