70 THE angler's guide. 



lowing rules : — take some pith of the back-bone of , 

 an oxj and cut it into small pieces, nearly the size of i 

 a cherry, to bait the hook. The bullock's brains are t 

 to be chewed, and spit out of your mouth into the 

 water, as ground-bait to entice the Chub. Plumb the 

 depth, and fish close to the bottom 3 you may kill I 

 some at mid-water or a little lower, but more at 

 bottom ; this method is practised during the Winter, , 

 when Chub retire to deep still holes, where you must 

 angle for them, and fear not taking very heavy Fish, 

 for, at this season. Chub are immoderately fond of the 

 above bait. — ^Note, chewing and spitting out the 

 brains into the water for ground-bait, is called blowing 

 of brains ; but as many Anglers feel great objection or 

 antipathy to the chewing of raw brains, when that is 

 the case, they should prepare them as follows : take 

 as many bullock's, cow's, calf's, or sheep's brains as 

 will nearly fill a quart pan, cut them into small pieces 

 with a pair of scissars (and if you then pound them 

 in a mortar, afterwards, it will be better) 3 now mix the 

 brains carefully with bran and some house sand, and 

 cast it in the water, in small quantities, and repeat it 

 occasionally while you are angling. 



If this bait is not to be procured, use the whitest 

 greaves you can get, or paste made of bread, cheese, 

 honey, &c. (see page 16) which is the next in value 

 for killing. Before you begin to angle for Chub, throw 

 in plenty of ground-bait, and, frequently, while you 

 are fishing, of the same sort as used for Barbel, or 

 made with soaked bread, pollard, and bran, worked 



