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to failure and disappointment.* Prepared 

 exactly as I have described, I can vouch for 

 its complete success ; but with any modifica- 

 tion or alteration introduced, I must decline 

 to be answerable for the result. 



I shall not attempt here to go into the 

 question of artificial baits, which are as 

 various as the weathers and waters in which 

 they may be used. Like our iron-cased 

 ships, they appear to be still in a transi- 

 tion state, and every day brings up some 

 new invention or modification. My own 

 maxim has always been, " Never fish with 

 a fictitious bait, when you can get a real 

 one ;" and I have hitherto seen nothing to 

 make me change that opinion. A giddy 

 young Trout, or a Jack-in-his-'teens, may 

 perhaps be occasionally tempted into a flirta- 



* Complete patterns have been furnished to Mr. 

 Farlow, 191, Strand, upon whose care and accuracy 

 entire dependence may be placed. 



