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der body of brown and violet camlet well mixt, and a light 

 grey wing. 



10. And another little BLACK GNAT,' the dubbing of 

 black mohair, and a white grey wing. 



11. As also a GREEN GRASSHOPPER, the dubbing of 

 green and yellow wool mixt, ribbed over with green silk, 

 and a red capon's feather over all. 



12. And, lastly, a little DUN GRASSHOPPER, the body 

 slender, made of a dun camlet and a dun hackle at the 



top. 



JULY. 



First, all the small flies that were taken in June are also 

 taken in this month. 



1. We have then the ORANGE-FLY,* the dubbing of 

 orange wool, and the wing of a black feather. 



2. Also a little WHITE DUN, the body made of white 

 mohair, and the wings, blue, of a heron's feather. 



3. We have likewise this month a WASP-FLY, made 

 either of a dark brown dubbing, or else the fur of a black 

 cat's tail, ribbed about with yellow silk, and the wing of 

 the grey feather of a mallard. 



4. Another fly taken this month is a BLACK HACKLE, 

 the body made of the whirl of a peacock's feather, and a 

 black hackle -feather on the top. 



5. We have also another, made of a peacock's whirl 

 without wings. 



6. Another fly also is taken this month, called the SHELL- 

 FLY, the dubbing of yellow-green Jersey wool, and a 

 little white hog's hair mixt, which I call the palm-fly, and 



(1) Black Gnat. The body extremely small, of black mohair, spaniel's fur, 

 or ostrich feather; wing, of the lightest part of a starling or mallard's feather. 

 A very killing fly in an evening, after a shower, in rapid rivers ; as in Derbyshire 

 or Wales. 



(2) Orange-Fly. The body of raw orange silk, with a red or black barkle; 

 gold twist may be added; warp with orange. Taken when the May-fly is 

 almost over, and also to the end of June, especially in hot gloomy weather. 



