APPENDIX 



Gentles and Worms. 



Gentles J or maggots, may be bred from any animal 

 substance, either fish, flesh, or fowl, (those from fish are 

 least worthy,) by exposing it to flies, to blow on during 

 the Spring and Summer. (I have found flies in Winter, 

 among ivy, in walls that are fronting the South 3 and, 

 on a warm day, have procured them 3 by which means, 

 I have had flesh blown by flies, and bred gentles in 

 every month during Winter.) After they are of a full 

 size, put them in a vessel, with some house-sand : 

 some use bran, but, from its heating quality, the gen- 

 tles sooner turn, as Anglers term it, that is, become a 

 chrysalis, in which state they are of little or no use. 

 In London, it is not worth the trouble of breeding gen- 

 tles, for as many as will serve a day's fishing may be 

 purchased at any of the tackle-shops for a few pence. 

 The least troublesome method I am acquainted with, 

 to keep gentles during the Winter, is to get some full- 

 grown ones, as late in the season as possible, and put 

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