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pattern, the name of which I think is 

 "Hall's Marquis." This fly, dressed 

 hackle fashion, is quite the most killing I 

 know. 



As for the chub, we revere him in 

 Brittany as a sporting fish and a heavy 

 fighter. On English fly waters he seems 

 always to be looked at askance, and has 

 become the object of our gibes and 

 ridicule. Even the kindly Mr. Punch 

 has chipped him, under cover of brave- 

 sounding verse : 



'* There is a fine stuffed chavender, 

 A chavender or chub, 

 That decks the rural pavender, 

 The pavender, or pub." 



The further lines are now forgotten save 

 those suggestive of well-earned sleep in 

 fragrant linen : 



" From sheets as sweet as lavender. 

 As lavender, or lub." 



You may not wish to bear triumphantly 

 old chavin to your inn, nor to select him 

 from a bill of fare ; yet in the Midi is he 

 greatly prized, where cunning chefs concoct 

 the bouillabaisse. The Breton peasant 

 loves him too ; and such a gift, in season. 



