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sisting of strands of golden pheasant top, crimson macaw, 

 green parrot, common pheasant's tail feather, three or four 

 strands from the eye of a peacock's tail-feather, &c. ; legs, 

 a bright red cock's hackle ; body, brown, orange, crimson, 

 blue, or yellow floss-silk, ribbed with gold or silver tinsel ; 

 tip, golden pheasant's top feather, and a strand or two of 

 scarlet macaw or parrot ; to be dressed on along-shanked hook, 

 similar to those for the green and grey drake, (Plate v. ccxii.) 



SPECIMENS of a dozen Hackled-flies are given on Plate vi. 

 all of which have been used, in various rivers in the north, 

 with great success, by many Anglers, for a number of years, 

 and are preferred by some to the winged-flies ; but the 

 writer does not so esteem them : 



Woodcock and orange A. 



Dark snipe, and purple, claret, or copper . I. 



Woodcock and yellow D. 



Bloa and orange ...... E. 



BlueBloa F. 



Black-fly G. 



Corn-crake and yellow ..... H. 



Black Midge . . . . . C. 



Corn-crake and orange K. 



Clock M. 



Red Palmer L. 



Black Palmer N. 



Salmon Flies for the Awe and Urchay rivers. 

 Chiefly Mr. Lascelles' Flies. 



1. THE AWE. 1. Wings, mottled, black and white tail- 

 feather from turkey ; body, olive-coloured mohair, ribbed 

 with gold twist, black hackle ; shoulder, black hackle wrapt 

 close under wing ; tip, orange -wool and small projection of 

 turkey's feather. 



2. THE AWE. 2. Wings, the speckled-brown feather 

 from mallard ; body, blue mohair, ribbed with silver twist, 

 blue hackle ; shoulder, blue hackle ; tip, golden pheasant 

 crest-feather. 



3. THE BLACK DRAGON. Wings, from raven; body, 



