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the standard o; arti cial fly-fishing; they are 

 ingenious Bowlker's, of Ludlow in Shropshire. 

 For their excellency they are nut to be equalled. 

 They will kill fi-h in any county of England 

 and Wales, and are \\h&t I call The Angler's 

 Treasure. Their names are universally known. 

 As for the flies called Lochaber's Golden Sootys, 

 &c. &c which are to be met with in a late pub- 

 lication, they are not sufficiently known to be 

 of general use. 



sot only these flies that are most useful in 

 the recreation of angling, but myriads more, 

 come under the angler's observation, when in 

 pursuit of his past me, which will not only fi.l 

 his mind with wonder and admiration, at the 

 incomprehensible works of Nature, but likewise 

 make him praise that Almighty Power from 

 whom both himself and them derive their 

 being. 



There is so beautiful a passage a-propos to 

 this subject, in Thomson's Summer, that 1 think 

 the insertion of some part of it must prove ac- 

 ceptable to the informed and pious mind: 



Nor shall the muse disdain 



To let the lutle lively S'immer-race 

 Live in her lay, and flutter through her song: 

 Not mean, though simple, to the sun allay'd, 

 From him they draw their animating fire. 



Wak'd by his warmer ray, the reptile young 

 Come wing'd abroad, by the light air upborne, 

 Lighter and fuJ of soul. From ev'ry clank 

 And secret corner, where they slept away 

 Their wintry storms, or rising from their tombs 

 To higher lite, by myriads iorth at once 

 Swarming they pour, of all the varied hues 

 Their beauty-beaming parent can disclose. 

 Ten thousand forms, ten thousand different tribes, 



