128 SPRING-TIDE. 



discussing a maudlin breakfast in town, 

 come hither ! 



S. See ! as the heat increases, the May- 

 fly and the dragon-fly ascend the flags and 

 hoist sail : poor feeble trembling things, 

 vibrating their flaccid wings, and looking 

 forth upon a new world, while their cere- 

 ments crackle in the sun and drop from 

 their fragile bodies a type of the souFs 

 appearance after its final conflict with the 

 grim enemy ! Look how some, more lusty 

 than their fellows, soar into the air and 

 commence their wanton mazes. The alder- 

 fly too, encouraged by the warmth, spreads 

 his dusky membraneous wings, and joins in 

 the insect revel. 



J. I see also some insects shaped like 

 the May-fly, but infinitely smaller. 



S. They are the " duns," which continue 

 from early spring down to the close of the 

 season, though the colour of their bodies 

 varies. These flies are well imitated and 



