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of a strong brown red, buy him, and make the 

 most of the hackles. Note, the feathers of a ban- 

 tam or cock chick, are good for nothing. 



I' E AT U ERS. 



To make the wings of artificial flies, &c. it is 

 necessary to be provided with all kinds of feathers, 

 procure therefore those from the back, and other 

 parts of the wild mallard or drake ; of a partridge, 

 particularly the red ones irr' the tail ; those of a 

 fock-pheasant's breast and tail ; also the wings 

 of a stare or starling, jay, land-rail, black-bird, 

 throstle, fieldfare, water-coot, and a brown hen ; 

 likewise the top, or cop, of a pevil, plover, or 

 lap-wing, peacock's herl, green, copper-coloured, 

 and white, also black ostrich's herl, and feathers 

 from the neck and wings of a heron. Observe, 

 that in many instances hereafter that you will 

 meet with, where the mallard's feather is set 

 down for the wings of an artificial fly, that the 

 starling will be preferable, because it is of a 

 finer grain, and will not imbibe the water so 

 much. 



CAnPETS AND BLANKETS. 



There is very good dubbing to be got from 

 blankets, also from an old Turkey carpet ; un- 

 twist the yarn, and pick out the wool, then sepa- 

 rate the colours, wrap them up in different papers, 

 and la them b. 



SILKS, 



Of all colours, straw silk, gold and silver flat- 

 is C 



