132 THE DR1FFIELD ANGLER. 



A piece of an old Turkey carpet will fur- 

 nish excellent dubbing ; untwist the yarn and 

 pick out the wool, carefully separating the 

 different colours^ and lay it by. 



Get also furs of the following animals, viz. 

 the squirrel, (particularly from his tail) fox- 

 cub, from the tail, where downy and of ash 

 colour; an old fox and an old otter; otter's- 

 cub; badger; pole-cat; the fur of a hare 

 from the neck, where it is of the colour of 

 withered fern ; and above all the yellow fur 

 of the martern, from off the gills or spots 

 under the jaws ; all these, and almost every 

 other kind of fur, are easily obtained at the 

 furriers. 



Hackles are very important articles in fly- 

 making ; the chief ones are the long slender 

 feathers that hang from the head of a cock 

 down his neck ; there are also line ones to 

 be got from near his tail, and be careful they 

 are not too rank, which they are when the 

 fibres are more than half an inch lon& and 



