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English cookbook, 1815

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9 Blue [Gnat?] - [lab?] : end of June till August. wings of pale blue hackle, body of any light blue [fea?] and yellow mixed (N : 9) --------------------------------- 10 Little pale blue - mid : of August 1st? till [lab?] : end of September. wings - nearly upright from feather of sea swallow body very pale blue & yellow mixed. forked with [colour?] of wings and light blue [thens?] hackle over the [which?] -- a [favorite?] with grayling -- good from ten till three (N9) ------------------------------------ [crossed out: 11] Chap.2. Browns A. March Browns -- Wings from feather of [then?] Pheasants wing good deal dappled -- Body of yellow [combed? & left part of [anthares?] can [with?] mixed, partridge [handle?] for legs further with two stripes of a Dark Mallard feather -- (NE6) -- wings nearly upright -- from 11-1-2-- ------------------------------------- B. Low dung fly -- last week in March for a month: -- Wings flat on his back [from?] feather out the wings of [Landraid?] body of dirty [limba?] coloured Mohair, with hackle same colour for legs ([heff?] -- Windy Weather -------------------------------------- C. Home fly a May fly -- mid April - end of May. Wings nearly flat from dark mottled feather of [well?] Pheasants tail -- Body of [lean?] down hair -- mixed with a little brown and yellow [combes?] -- so placed to be more brown towards [gl.?] wings and yellow towards tail -- dark body hackle for legs -- ribbed with brown and yellow with twisted together (N. 4 or 5) ------------------------------------------------
 
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