CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



FOREWORD - - - - - - vii 



I. OF THE BEGINNING OF THINGS - - - I 



OF THE INQUIRING MIND - - - I 



II. SUBAQUEOUS HAPPENINGS IN NATURE - - 8 



OF THE DROWNING OF DUNS AND OTHER 



INSECTS ----- 8 



OF THE STAGES IN A RISE OF DUNS - - 9 



III. SUBAQUEOUS HAPPENINGS IN ART - - - I4 



OF MEDICINE FOR BULGERS - - - I4 



OF UNDER-WATER TAKING, ITS INDICATIONS, 



AND THE TIME TO STRIKE - - "I? 



OF ROUGH WATER AND GREY-BROWN SHADOW 20 



IV. SUPPLEMENTARY IN THE MATTER OF FLIES - 24 



OF WET-FLY DRESSINGS FOR CHALK STREAMS - 24 



OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR OF TYING SILK 29 



OF THE IMITATION OF NYMPHS, ETC. - "31 



V. SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND WET-FLY SOLUTIONS - 36 



NERVES - - - - - 36 



OF THE TROUT OF GLASSY GLIDES - "38 



OF THE WET FLY IN POOLS, BAYS, AND EDDIES 4I 



OF THE JUDICIOUS USE OF THE MOON - 44 



OF THE WET-FLY OIL TIP - - "45 



OF GENERALSHIP AND THE WET FLY - - 47 



A POTTED TROUT, AND ONE OTHER - "49 



OF TWO SATURDAY AFTERNOONS - - 54 



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