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do believe it is taken for a palm, that drops off the wil- 

 lows into the water ; for this fly I have seen Trouts take 

 little pieces of moss, as they have swam down the river; 

 by which I conclude that the best way to hit the right 

 colour is to compare your dubbing with the moss, and mix 

 the colours as near as you can. 



7. There is also taken, this month, a BLACK BLUE 

 DUN, the dubbing of the fur of a black rabbit mixt with 

 a little yellow, the wings of the feather of a blue pigeon's 

 wing. 



AUGUST. 



The same flies with July. 



1. Then another ANT-FLY, the dubbing of the black 

 brown hair of a cow, some red warpt in for the tag of his 

 tail, and a dark wing. A killing Fly. 



2. Next, a fly called the FERN-FLY, the dubbing of 

 the fur of a hare's neck, that is of the colour of fern or 

 bracken, with a darkUh grey wing of a mallard's feather. 

 A killer too. 



3. Besides these we have a WHITE HACKLE, the body 

 of white mohair, and warped about with a white hackle- 

 feather; and this is, assuredly, taken for thistle-down. 



4. We have also, this month, a HARRY-LONG-LEGS ;' 

 the body made of bear's dun and blue wool mixt, and a 

 brown hackle feather over all. 



Lastly, in this month, all the same browns and duns 

 are taken that were taken in May. 



SEPTEMBER. 



This month the same flies are taken that are taken in 

 April. 



(I) Harry.Long.Leg9. Made of lightish bear** hir, and a dunnish hackle; 

 add a few hairs of light-blue mohair, and a little fox-cob dowo ; warp with 

 light-grey or ple blue silk ; the head large. Taken chiefly in a cloudj windy day. 

 I have formerly, in the river* near London, bad grrat svcce**, fishing with a long 

 line, and the bead of this insect only. 



