WORMS DESCRIBED. !297 



Loh-Worms, large and small; 



Ry some called the Dew or Garden worm, by others, the Twatchellor 

 Squirrel-tail. 



These worms, which are the largest used in angling, 

 are generally found in gardens, and may be gathered 

 in great numbers in a damp evening, during the Spring 

 and Summer, when they come out of the ground, or by 

 digging for them where much manure has been laid 3 

 they may also be got by laying straw on the ground 

 and pouring water over it 3 they then soon come near 

 the surface ; they may also be forced out of the ground, 

 by pouring a strong mixture of salt and water on it, 

 or by forcing a dung fork or spade in the ground, and 

 shaking and loosening the earth therewith. The lob is 

 a good bait for Trout, Barbel, Eels, and Perch, parti- 

 cularly for night-lines, during the early part of the 

 Summer. — Note. The largest lob-worms are of a dirty 

 yellow whitish colour ; the smaller, a brownish red, 

 with a flat tail something like a squirrel} always 

 prefer the large lob. 



Marsh-Worms, or Blue Heads, 



Are very common, particularly in marsh lands, and 

 may be found under every lump of cow-dung in the 

 fields or commons, or dug out of gardens, fields, or 

 dung-hills j in fact, wherever you find earth, you may 

 find marsh-worms, especially in the spring and in 

 marsh-earthy-mould : in colour, they are of a dark 

 brown, with a blueish gloss, of a fleshy substance, or 



