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4. As also a gold twist hackle with a purple body, whipped 

 about with a red capon's feather. 



5. To these we have, this month, a flesh-fly ; the dubbing of 

 a black spaniel's fur and blue wool mixed, and a gray wing. 



6. Also another little flesh-fly ; the body made of the whirl 

 of a peacock's feather ; and the wing, of the gray feather of a 

 drake. 



7. We have then the peacock-fly ; the body and wing both 

 made of the feather of that bird. 



8. There is also the flying-ant, or ant-fly ;* the dubbing of 

 brown and red camlet mixed, with a light gray wing. 



9. We have likewise a brown gnat ; with a very slender body 

 of brown and violet camlet, well mixed, and a light gray wing. 



10. And another little black gnatjf the dubbing of black 

 mohair, and a Avhite gray wing. 



11. As also a green grasshopper ; the dubbing of green and 

 yellow wool mixed, ribbed over with green silk, and a red 

 capon's feather over all. 



12. And, lastly, a little dun grasshopper; the body slender, 

 made of a dun camlet, and a dun hackle at the top. 



First, all the small flies that were taken in June are also taken 

 in this month. 



1. We have then the orange-fly ; J the dubbing of orange 

 wool, and the wing of a black feather. 



2. Also a little Avhite dun ; the body made of white mohair, 

 and the wing, blue, of a heron's feather. 



3. We have likewise this month a wasp-fly ; made either of 

 a dark brown dubbing, or else the fur of a black cat's tail, 

 ribbed about with yellow silk ; and the wing, of the gray 

 feather of a mallard. 



4. Another fly taken this month is a black hackle ; the body- 

 made of the whirl of a peacock's feather, and a black hackle 

 feather on the top. 



5. We have also another, made of a peacock's whirl without 

 wings. 



6. Another fly also is taken this month, called the shell-fly; 

 the dubbing of yellow-green Jersey wool, and a little white 



* The ant-fly, which is the male or female ant, has four wings ; but th 

 artificial fly so called, has only two, so much for imitation, J. R. 



t Black gnat. The body extremely small, of black mohair, spaniel's fur, 

 ST ostrich feather ; wing, of the lightest part of a starling or mallard's 

 feather. A very killing~fly in an evening, after a shower, in rapid rivers, 

 as in Derbyshire or Wale s. 



I Orange-fly. The body of raw orange silk, with a rod or black hackle ; 

 gold twist may be added ; warp with orange. Taken when the May-fly u 

 almost over, and also to the end of June, especially in hot gloomy weather. 



