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fat J and when well scoured, they lose the earth that 

 is withinside them, and its place is filled with a sort of 

 white fat 3 they are an excellent bait for Trout, Perch, 

 and most large Fish. The poor people who supply the 

 London tackle-shops with worms, get a great number 

 of marsh-worms on Kennington Common in the night, 

 using a candle and lanthorn to see them. This method 

 is practised in Spring and Summer, particularly after 

 warm rain has fallen in the evenings. 



Brandlings 



Are found in great numbers in dunghills, particular- 

 ly in those which have lain some time, and become very 

 rotten j they are used for Carp, Perch, &c. This worm 

 is striped with red and yellow across the whole body- 

 Brandlings are more used by provincial than by the 

 London Anglers -, they should be kept several days in 

 moss, to scour out the bitter pungent mixture with 

 which they abound. 



Red Worms. 



Some red worms are found in old dunghills, and they 

 also breed among the bark after it has been used by 

 tanners and thrown out in heaps ; but the principal 

 places where they are found, are the banks of the great 

 common sewers, near the metropolis ; from which 

 places the tackle-shops are chiefly supplied ; as those 

 banks close to the water breed lob, marsh, brandling, 

 and red worms in immense numbers. Several poor peo- 

 ple get part of their living by procuring these worms, 



