CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS 
A dhesion, second paragraph : for 
about the same time, read, about the year 
1713. 
ARIANS. For defence of low Arianism, 
read, defence Of Arianism. 
astronomy. In tlie fourteenth page 
of this article, near the top of the first 
column, read, instead of what is there 
found, “ Tlie diameter at the poles is 7,893 
English miles j at the equator it is 7,928 
miles.” 
CAULIS is referred to from AcAUtosK ; 
the reference should have been made to the 
article Botany. 
CONCHA. ' Instead of this, the refer- 
ence should have been to SHEfn. 
Corn laws is referred to from the article 
Bounty ; the reference should have been 
to the-article Corn trade. 
COUTCHOUC. Read Caoutchouc. 
CYCLE is referred to from Calendar, 
but the reference should have been made to 
Chronology, where an account of the ser 
veral cycles will be found. 
EQU ATONAL. Read Equatorial. 
FISHING fies have been referred to 
from the article Angling, and being omit- 
ted in the alphabetical ordef, we add in this 
place, that a fishing fly is a bait used in 
angling for various kinds of fish. The fly 
is either natural or artificial. The chief of 
the natural flies are the “ stone fly,” found 
under hollow stones at the sides of rivers, 
between April and July ; it is brown with 
yellow streaks, and has large wings : the 
“ green drake,” found among stones by ri- 
ver sides ; it has a yellow body ribbed with 
green, it is long and slender, with wings 
like a butterfly, and is common in the 
spring : “ the oak fly,” found in the body of 
an oak or ash, is of a brown colour, and 
common during the summer months: the 
“ palmer fly,” or worm, found on the leaves 
of plants, when it assumes the fly state 
from that of the caterpillar ; it is much used 
in trout fishing : the “ ant fly,” found in ant 
hills from June to September : the “ May 
fly” is to be found playing at the river 
side, especially before rain : and the “ black 
fly,” which is to be found upon every haw- 
thorn after the buds are off. There are 
two ways to fish with natural flies, either 
on the surface of the water, or a little un- 
demeath it. In angling for roach, dace, 
&c. the fly should be allowed to glide down 
the stream to the fish, but in very still wa- 
ter. the bait may be drawn by the tisli, 
which will make him eagerly pursue it. 
There are many sorts of artificial flies to 
be had at the shops ; they are made in imi- 
tation of natural flies, and the rules for 
using them are as follow. Keep as far from 
the water’s edge as may be, aud fish down 
the stream with the sun at your back, tlie 
line must not touch the water. In clear ri- 
vers the angler must use small flies with 
slender wings, but in muddy waters a larger 
fly may be used. After rain, when the wa- 
ters are muddy, an orange coloured fly may 
be used with advantage ; in a clear day, 
the fly must be light coloured, and in dark 
waters the fly must be dark. The line 
should in general be twice as long as the' 
rod : but, after all, much will depend on a 
quick eye and active hand. Flies made 
for catching salmon must have their wings 
standing one behind the other. This fish is 
said to be attracted by the gaudiest colours 
that can be obtained ; the wings and tail 
should be long and spreading. 
FRANKS, or franking letter's, which 
ought to have been included in the article 
Post-Office, is a privilege that has been 
enjoyed by members of parliament fiom the 
first institution of the post-office. The ori- 
ginal design of this exemption was that they 
might correspond freely with their consti- 
tuents on the business of the nation. For 
many years it was sufficient to frank a let- 
ter or packet, that any member of parlia- 
ment subscribed his name at the bottom of 
the cover. By degrees, however, this pri- 
vilege was so much abused, that it was 
enacted that no letter should pass free, un- 
less the whole direction was in the hand 
writing of the member, and his subscription 
annexed: a subsequent act obliges the 
member to write not only the full direc- 
tion, but to note the town at which the 
office is where the letter is sent from. 
A member of parliament can frank only tea 
letters on each day, and receive fifteen 
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