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the Mallard Wing prepared in the plate of 

 Feathers) ; you strip another piece like it, and 

 lay them even together ; you take the other two 

 pieces in like manner and do the same, so that 

 each wing, when tied on, will be double ; you 

 now take the fly, Plate III., in your hand be- 

 tween the nails close to the shoulder, and wax 

 well the piece of silk that hangs here ; you 

 take up one wing and lay it on at the off side, 

 and give two whips of the silk over it tightly, 

 holding on at the shoulder well with the left 

 hand, to keep the wing from turning round 

 under the belly ; you now take up the near side 

 wing, and lay it on in like manner, whipping it 

 twice over, and then a running knot, (see the 

 Mallard Wings, tied beautifully on, Plate IV.) ; 

 and in that plate you see the root ends pro- 

 jecting over the loop, cut them off, and finish it 

 with three or four turns of the silk, and two knots, 

 close to the root of the wings to make all even. 



I will now proceed to show how the other 

 three flies are formed — 5, 6, and 7. 



These may be termed middling gaudy, and 

 are famous for the rivers in the north of 

 Scotland, or the clear waters of Ireland. You 

 perform the operation of tying on the hook 



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