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first, and if he thinks well the third also; and certainly 

 to discard no salmon fly that he happens to have in his 

 hook, giving them all a try on occasion, for I am not 

 without a lurking suspicion that one fly "is as good as 

 "another, and, for the matter of that, a good deal better." 

 Still the grounds of my belief in the "Blackamoor" and 

 the "Cock-o-the-walk" are, that besides knowing others 

 who swear by the "Blackamoor," I myself have also done 

 good business with him, and am ready to stand security 

 for his being an honest fly. As to "Cock-o-the-walk" my 

 faith rests solely on K. his testimony, and I think my 

 readers have only to read his very interesting letter 

 in the appendix to accept it as thoroughly as I do, for 

 it is impossible to peruse that letter without seeing at 

 every turn that he is a first class fisherman, and his 

 testimony therefore 0. K. and that his friend A. too is 

 A. 1. 



I have taken the liberty for the sake of reference in 

 this book, and for the convenience of parties wishing to 

 order it from a tackle shop at home, to give a name to 

 K.'s fly as well as to my own particular friend, and to 

 assign names different from any in Francis Francis's 

 long list. 



No. I. The Blackamoor. 



Glossy black wing for which there is nothing better 

 than the black and white crane; legs of the same; black 

 worsted body, with a tag and three or four turns of silver 

 cord. No tail or other paraphernalia. Possibly it is 

 mistaken for a black tadpole, or for the tadpole-like young 



