16 THE angler's ouinfi. 



them. — Note, the nature of worms and gentles, with 

 directions for procuring a stock, breed and keep the 

 same, will be fully treated of and explained in the Ap- 

 pendix. 



WITH GENTLES. 



To bait a hook with a gentle, use this method : enter 

 the point of the hook into the gentle, near either end, 

 and bring it out at the other end ; then draw the point 

 back again just within the gentle, enough to hide it : if 

 you use more than one, pursue the same method : this 

 is the best way to bait with a gentle whose skin is 

 something tough, (especially in cold weather), by 

 piercing the skin in the first instance, with striking fine 

 (when a bite) your hook will enter sufficiently into the 

 Fish and secure it, and you do not risk breaking your 

 line, or the top of the rod, which frequently happens 

 by striking too hard. 



WITH GREAVES. 



To bait a hook with greaves is as follows : first, se- 

 lect the whitest pieces from what you have soaked, 

 and put four or five pieces on your hook, or as much 

 as will cover it from the bend to and over the point : 

 these pieces should be about half the size of a six- 

 pence, and put on the hook separately or one after the 

 other, not a large piece doubled, as some indolent An- 

 glers do, for then the hook is prevented entering firmly 

 the Fish you strike ; whereas, by putting the pieces 

 on separately, when you strike, they either break off, or 



