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William'^^/Porter,^atniliar-lv known ^^fi^^ork's Tall Son,"j[the 

 editor and fo^ndeD^^Of jth^^st, sport"; ni^n'^^^frtirn al tn Africa,): piiblished 



m^y year 



:^/n% 



.^ies 



pastime. Thp foil^vin^g^x^ac^^e talien 

 nally appeaj^d iH^tli^ " " 



the "J^im&s \//'. '/^¥/A 

 yfi ''^y-fishing lias been de 

 thjfe' ar^-lep's craft, atu^^nnqvt^ 

 eTegan^a^j^ to' men of La-ic -n; i>^'i"i« 



a tn " " =-^=- 



JiaJfiook almost 

 as delicate; 



ir fpfaw tl^ lavfen 

 arft sylph, and \v. 

 thjsir' 

 ment mjuir 



mind, .united ^/Co||^srimjnatof 

 you ^m^ \crx pre<)y^3«alpi. 

 never ' wjet /( 1 i nV^ tiKvl^akt-' 

 Fly-fishing require^ many 

 be eqximert'ated, a !i_;ht and- 

 thatf caiy>;|quint .-lia^;-ht,>^^^ 



touch" -^ ./V,..l--:,./::1=^<^ 



/ "Frdt 

 of /the^^er 

 St. Liawix-nce, trOut' 

 utmost per, f c L- 1 i < I n . 

 IS nQt-tr^iN^thc cow slip ha^ 

 your ^riwqyal)6ted vv4^^e vk^fjr?^! notes of 

 ' ep^indeil'a ' or May-^t is seen ( cotJrtin^.,^i€s dt 

 ov§r th^/si^rfac^e of 



- of^^tigling, his favorite 



tx thc^skeTches, which origi- 



cal, Porter's old Spirit of 



atic branch of 

 the ji^estz^ 



—To lana 



e pounds 



fimes heavier, with 



a gut^ 

 ngle 

 a tfiount- 

 not heavier 

 s an achieve- 

 little presence of 

 t give 



gplden smi 



'-sparri 



"^ canton 



)rought it 



iiifo existence, that trout,-afe ' iniHat^d;<I^:^^9on^ilficm^ rise freely to 



the fly. You may seethem li>i^iij(g^^fl'^very diri^^on in the ponds of 

 I y.Nevv England; while on Long^sl^d, he that/ca^ot kill a few brace 

 at the close of a summer afternoon, or befcTre the sun gets up, should not 

 be allowed to wet a line." 



" The gray and green drake, which nearest resemble the May-fly, 

 succeed it in their season, and are equally welcomed by 'Johnny Trout.' 

 The palmer family follow' in order, and may be used throughout the 



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