APPENDIX. 



u To frame the little animal, provide 



All the gay hues that wait on female pride j 



Let nature guide thee j fometimes golden-wire 



The Ihining bellies of the fly require j 



The peacock's plumes thy tackle muft not fail, 



Nor the dear purchafe of the fable's tail ; 



Each gaudy bird fome tender tribute brings, 



And lends the growing infeft proper wings : 



Silks of all colours muft their aid impart, 



And every fur promote the fifher's art." 



GAY. 



NSTRUCTION, gentle reader, can 

 fcarcely approach you in any form, ex- 

 cept to a certain extent through a dry 

 ordeal, however paradoxical fuch an ex- 

 preffion may appear in fpeaking of fly-fifhing. 



If you are a complete novice, I muft recommend to 

 your notice certain indifpenfable requilites, however 

 clofely I may feem to tread upon the heels of a certain 

 lady, a thorough miftrefs of the culinary art, who, you 

 are aware, cautions you very kindly to be fure and catch 

 your hare before you think of cooking it. To tell you 

 that a rod, a reel, a line, if you would be a fly-fifher, are 



