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bottom of the plate with "picker," and No. 4 

 plate on Salmon hooks, the paintings of which 

 are exact to the models. The three latter flies 

 are, first, a cinnamon-brown body, brown wings, 

 and brown red hackle, mixed tail ; second, a 

 jointed body fly of blue and green, gaudy mixed 

 wing, topping in the tail — this fly may be used 

 in very rough water, and the brown one with 

 a nice ripple and grey cloud ; the No. 4 fly on 

 Salmon hooks, is mallard wings, fiery brown 

 body ribbed with gold, brown red hackle, hook 

 No. 6, B, CC, and a yellow and red mixed tail. 

 The Dun Salmon Fly, No 6, and the one 

 above it. No 5, are favourite killers in the lakes 

 and river. 



My advise is, that my friends (I call every 

 angler who reads this book a friend), should 

 beware of the "mountain dew"^-!'^ and goat's 

 milk, sold by the damsels of Killarney, in the 

 vicinity of Brickeen Bridge, and the Eagle's 

 nest ; they are harmless and cleanly creatures, 

 but their importunity to taste their goat's milk 



* Whiskey — Oh! whiskey, whiskey, — cruel whiskey, 

 you are the cause of poor Pat's giant poverty, you have 

 rushed in upon him like one armed. Oh ! thou accursed 

 evil spirit. 



