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the    natural    water´flies    which     haunt    a   given      stream�察   �except    among 

cunning   old   fishermen   of   the   lower       class�察  �who   get   their   living   by   the 

gentle   art�察  �and   bring   to   indoors   baskets   of   trout   killed   on   flies�察  �which 

look as if they had been          tied with a pair of tongs�察�so rough and ungainly 

are    they�察  �but    which�察    �nevertheless�察    �kill�察 �simply     because    they    are  ��in 

COLOUR�察         �which is all that fish really care for�� exact likenesses of some 

obscure      local   species�察  �which     happen     to  be   on   the  water    at  the   time。 

Among        gentlemen´fishermen�察          �on   the    other    hand�察   �so    deep    is   the 

ignorance   of   the   natural   fly�察  �that   I   have   known   good   sportsmen         still 

under the delusion that the great green May´fly comes out of                        a caddis´ 

bait�察�the gentlemen having never seen�察�much less fished                     with�察�that most 

deadly   bait   the   ;Water´cricket�察─  �or   free   creeping       larva   of   the   May´fly�察�

which may be found in May under the river´ banks。                     The consequence of 

this   ignorance   is   that   they   depend   for    good   patterns   of   flies   on   mere 

chance and experiment�察�and that the                shop patterns�察�originally excellent�察�

deteriorate continually�察�till         little or no likeness to their living prototype 

remains�察�being tied         by town girls�察�who have no more understanding of 

what the feathers         and mohair in their hands represent than they have of 

what the      National Debt represents。           Hence follows many a failure at the 

stream´side�察�because the ;Caperer�察─�or ;Dun�察─�or ;Yellow Sally�察─                       �which 

is   produced   from   the   fly´book�察  �though�察  �possibly�察  �like   the      brood   which 

came   out   three   years   since   on   some   stream   a   hundred        miles   away�察  �is 

quite unlike the brood which is out to´day on one's                   own river。      For not 

only do most of these flies vary in colour in               different soils and climates�察�

but    many     of   them     change     their   hue     during     life�察  �the   Ephemerae�察�

especially�察�have a habit of throwing               off the whole of their skins ��even�察�

marvellously enough�察�to the            skin of the eyes and wings�察�and the delicate 

;whisks;   at   their     tail���察  �and   appearing   in   an   utterly   new   garb   after   ten 

minutes'      rest�察�to the discomfiture of the astonished angler。 

     The     natural   history   of   these   flies�察 �I  understand     from   Mr。    Stainton 



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��one of our most distinguished entomologists���察�has not yet been                        worked 

out�察�at least for England。          The only attempt�察�I believe�察�in            that direction 

is one made by a charming book�察 �The Fly´fisher's                     Entomology�察─�which 

should     be   in  every   good   angler's   library�察  �but      why   should   not   a   few 

fishermen combine to work out the subject for                  themselves�察�and study for 

the interests both   of science and their            own sport�察 �The Wonders of   the 

Bank�拭─      �The work�察�petty as it may           seem�察�is much too great for one man�察�

so   prodigal   is   Nature   of   her   forms�察  �in   the   stream   as   in   the   ocean�察  �but 

what   if   a   correspondence       were   opened   between   a   few   fishermen   ´   of 

whom one should live�察�say�察           �by the Hampshire or Berkshire chalk streams�察�

another on the slates         and granites of Devon�察�another on the limestones of 

Yorkshire       or    Derbyshire�察      �another     among      the   yet   earlier   slates    of 

Snowdonia�察�or         some mountain part of Wales�察�and more than one among 

the hills of     the Border and the lakes of the Highlands�拭               �Each would find 

��I   suspect���察�on comparing his insects with those of the others�察�that                       he 

was     exploring     a  little  peculiar   world     of  his  own�察   �and    that  with    the 

exception   of   a   certain   number   of   typical   forms�察  �the   flies   of   his   county 

were unknown a hundred miles away�察�or�察�at least�察                    �appeared there under 

great   differences   of   size   and   colour�察  �and      each�察  �if   he   would   take   the 

trouble   to   collect   the   caddises   and    water´crickets�察  �and   breed   them   into 

the     perfect    fly    in   an    aquarium�察       �would       see    marvels      in   their 

transformations�察�their instincts�察�their           anatomy�察�quite as great ��though not�察�

perhaps�察�as showy and           startling�� as I have been trying to point out on the 

sea´shore。        Moreover�察  �each   and   every  one   of   the   party�察  �I   will   warrant�察�

will    find his fellow´correspondents ��perhaps previously unknown to him�� 

men   worth   knowing�察  �not�察  �it   may   be�察  �of   the   meditative   and   half´   saintly 

type   of   dear   old   Izaak   Walton   ��who�察  �after   all�察  �was   no   fly´   fisher�察  �but   a 

sedentary   ;popjoy;   guilty   of   float   and   worm���察  �but        rather�察  �like   his   fly´ 

fishing disciple Cotton�察�good fellows and men                  of the world�察�and�察�perhaps�察�

something better over and above。 

     The     suggestion     has   been    made。     Will    it  ever   be  taken    up�察  �and   a 

;Naiad Club; formed�察�for the combination of sport and science�拭�

     And�察  �now�察  �how   can   this   desultory   little   treatise   end   more   usefully 

than in recommending a few books on Natural History�察�fit for the                        use of 



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young people�察�and fit to serve as introductions to such                  deeper and larger 

works      as   Yarrell's    ;Birds     and    Fishes�察─    �Bell's     ;Quadrupeds;         and 

;Crustacea�察─�Forbes and Hanley's ;Mollusca�察─                  �Owen's ;Fossil Mammals 

and Birds�察─�and a host of other admirable                works�拭     �Not that this list will 

contain all the best�察�but simply            the best of which the writer knows�察�let�察�

therefore�察�none feel        aggrieved�察�if�察�as it may chance�察�opening these pages�察�

they find      their books omitted。 

     First   and   foremost�察  �certainly�察  �come   Mr。   Gosse's   books。         There   is   a 

playful     and   genial   spirit   in  them�察  �a  brilliant   power     of  word´    painting 

combined with deep and earnest religious feeling�察�which                      makes them as 

morally   valuable   as   they   are   intellectually       interesting。      Since   White's 

;History   of   Selborne�察─  �few   or   no     writers   on   Natural   History�察  �save   Mr。 

Gosse�察�Mr。 G。 H。 Lewes�察�and              poor Mr。 E。 Forbes�察�have had the power of 

bringing   out   the   human       side   of   science�察  �and   giving   to   seemingly   dry 

disquisitions and        animals of the lowest type�察�by little touches of pathos 

and     humour�察     �that    living   and    personal     interest�察  �to  bestow     which     is 

generally the       special function of the poet�此          �not that Waterton and Jesse 

are   not    excellent   in   this   respect�察  �and   authors   who   should   be   in   every 

boy's      library�此    �but     they   are   rather    anecdotists     than    systematic     or 

scientific inquirers�察�while Mr。 Gosse�察�in his ;Naturalist on the                    Shores of 

Devon�察─      �his   ;Tour     in  Jamaica�察─     �his   ;Tenby�察─    �and    his    ;Canadian 

Naturalist�察─�has done for those three places what White                   did for Selborne�察�

with   all   the   improved   appliances   of   a   science     which   has   widened   and 

deepened       tenfold    since   White's     time。    Mr。     Gosse's      ;Manual     of   the 

Marine   Zoology   of   the   British   Isles;   is�察  �for     classification�察  �by   far   the 

completest handbook extant。              He has      contrived in it to compress more 

sound knowledge of vast classes of               the animal kingdom than I ever saw 

before in so small a space。 ��35�� 

     Miss   Anne   Pratt's   ;Things   of   the   Sea´coast;   is   excellent�察  �and        still 

better is Professor Harvey's ;Sea´side Book�察─�of which it is                   impossible to 

speak   too   highly�察  �and   most   pleasant   it   is   to   see   a man   of   genius   and 

learning thus gathering the bloom of his varied                 knowledge�察�to put it into 

a form equally suited to a child and a              SAVANT。      

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