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lies upon the surface of the water like a ship at hull; for his feet are totally useless to him there, and he cannot creep upon the water as the Stonefly can, until his wings have got stiffness to fly with, if by some Trout or Grayling, he be not taken in the interim, which ten to one he is, and then his wings stand high, and closed exact upon his back, like the Butterfly, and his motion in flying is the His body is, in some, of a paler, in others, of a darker yellow; for they are not all exactly of a colour, ribbed with rows of green, long, slender, and growing sharp towards the tail, at the end of which he has three long small whisks of a very dark colour, almost black, and his tail turns up towards his back like a Mallard; from whence, questionless, he has his name of the Green-Drake. These, as I think I told you before, we commonly dape, or dibble with; and having gathered great store of them into a long draw box, with holes in the cover to give them air, where also they will continue fresh and vigorous a night or more, we take them out thence by the wings, and bait them thus upon the hook. We first take one, for we commonly fish with two of them at a time, and putting the point of the hook into the thickest part of his body under one of his wings, run it directly through, and out at the other side, leaving him spitted cross upon the hook, and then taking the other, put him on after the same manner, but with his head the contrary way; in which posture they will live

upon the hook, and play with their wings for a quarter of an hour, or more; but you must have a care to keep their wings dry, both from the water, and also that your fingers be not wet when you take them out to bait them; for then your bait is spoiled.

Having now told you how to angle with this fly alive; I am now to tell you next, how to make an artificial fly, that will so perfectly resemble him, as to be taken in a rough, windy day when no flies can lie upon the water; nor are to be found about the banks and sides of the river, to a wonder, and with which you shall certainly kill the best Trout and Grayling in the river.

The artificial Green-Drake, then, is made upon a large hook; the dubbing, Camel's hair, bright Bear's hair, the soft down that is combed from a Hog's bristles, and yellow Camlet well mixed together, the body long, and ribbed about with green silk, or rather yellow, waxed with green wax, the whisks of the tail, of the long hairs of Sables, or Fitchet, and the wings of the white-gray feather of a Mallard, dyed yellow, which also is to be dyed thus.

Take the root of a Barbary-tree, and shave it, and put to it Woody Viss, with as much Alum as a Walnut, and boil your feathers in it with Rain-water; and they will be of a very fine yellow.

I have now done with the Green-Drake, excepting to tell you, that he is taken at all hours during his season, whilst there is any day upon the sky;

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and with a made fly I once took, ten days after he was absolutely gone, in a cloudy day, after a shower, and in a whistling wind, five and thirty very great Trouts and Graylings, betwixt five and eight of the clock in the evening, and had no less than five or six flies, with three good hairs a-piece, taken from me in despite of my heart, besides.

12. I should now come next to the Stone-fly, but there is another gentleman in my way, that must of necessity come in between; and that is the GRAYDRAKE, which in all shapes and dimensions, is perfectly the same with the other, but quite almost of another colour; being of a paler, and more livid yellow, and green, and ribbed with black quite down his body, with black, shining wings, and so diaphanous and tender, cobweb like, that they are of no manner of use for daping; but come in, and are taken after the Green-Drake, and in an artificial fly kill very well, which fly is thus made: the dubbing of the down of a Hog's bristles, and black Spaniel's fur, mixed, and ribbed down the body with black silk, the whisks of the hairs of the beard of a black Cat, and the wings of the blackgray feather of a Mallard.

And now I come to the STONE-FLY, but am afraid I have already wearied your patience, which if I have, I beseech you freely tell me so, and I will defer the remaining instructions for Fly-Angling till some other time.

VIAT. No truly, Sir, I can never be weary of hear

ing you but if you think fit, because I am afraid I am too troublesome, to refresh yourself with a glass and a pipe; you may afterwards proceed, and I shall be exceedingly pleased to hear you.

Pisc. I thank you, Sir, for that motion; for believe me I am dry with talking: Here, Boy, give us here a bottle, and a glass; and Sir, my service you, and to all our friends in the South.

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VIAT. Your servant Sir, and I'll pledge you as heartily; for the good powdered beef I eat at dinner, or something else, has made me thirsty.

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VIATOR.

So, Sir, I am now ready for another lesson, so soon as you please to give it me.

Pisc. And I, Sir, as ready to give you the best I can. Having told you the time of the Stone-fly's coming in, and that he is bred of a Cadis, in the very river where he is taken, I am next to tell you, that,

13. This same Stone-fly has not the patience to continue in his crust, or husk, till his wings be full grown ; but so soon as ever they begin to put out, that he feels himself strong,—at which time we call him a Jack, squeezes himself out of prison, and crawls to the top of some stone, where if he can find a chink that will receive him, or can creep betwixt two stones, the one lying hollow upon the other, which, by the way, we also lay so purposely to find them, he there lurks till his wings be full grown, and there is your only place to find him,and from thence doubtless he derives his name :though, for want of such convenience, he will make shift with the hollow of a bank, or any other place where the wind cannot come to fetch him off. His body is long, and pretty thick, and as broad at the tail almost, as in the middle; his colour a very