PRACTICAL FLY FISHING 



cubits long, and their line a similar length : 

 these hidden deceits they cast upon the waters ; 

 the fishes, allured by the colour, eagerly 

 approach, and believing from its fair appear- 

 ance that it is their much-admired food, are 

 transfixed by the hooked bait, and with the loss 

 of their liberty, obtain the vexatious food.' 

 De Animalium Natura, xv. i. 



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