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and a small light rolling feather from the 

 head of a cock, with a little yellow wool, 

 for its body. 



No. 8 is the dark midge described as 

 No. 7 of quick running streams. This and 

 the two preceding flies are to be found on 

 quick large rivers as well as on slow deep 

 rivers, flying about till dark. 



No. 9 is what is called the dragon fly, 

 and by some fishers the pike fly. It is the 

 largest and most beautiful of the slow deep 

 water kind. The female deposits her spawn 

 below a leaf or herb in the stagnant back 

 water of rivers or lochs ; the spawn comes 

 to life and remains on the leaf until its 

 water form is perfect, when it crawls about 

 at the bottom, and begins to swim. It is 

 something like the fly, but shorter and 

 flatter ; it has six legs, and its wings lie flat 

 below the skin ; it swims swiftly, devouring 

 all water insects that come in its way. I 

 think it remains in this state nearly two 

 years, when it crawls up a reed, and goes 

 into chrysalis, coming out in its original form 

 about July. I have seen them two inches 

 and a half long. Their wings are of beau- 



