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your hook in its side, near the back, and bring it to 

 the side of the head, near the eye. During the 

 Summer months, the canal crossing the Isle of Dogs 

 abounds with Shrimps, which are easily taken with a 

 Minnow or tine landing-net. 



Note. When angling for Perch, Carp, Pike, Barbel, 

 Chub, Roach, &c. during the months of June, July, 

 August, and September, you must not expect them to 

 feed in the middle of the day, say from eleven till four 

 o'clock in the afternoon, unless the weather be very 

 dark and gloomy, during drizzling rain or a light 

 breeze of wind 3 therefore, fish early and late, or you 

 lose your time and labour. 



TO CLEANSE AND KEEP WORMS. 



The best method of cleansing or scouring worms 

 from their filth, is by putting them into damp moss ; 

 persons who live in the country have it in their power 

 to get moss with little trouble, as it grows in most 

 fields, on commons, and on banks. About February 

 and March it is in the best state, and again towards 

 Michaelmas, at which time I generally procure as 

 much as will last me for a twelve-month : in London, 

 it may be purchased at the herb-shops in Covent- 

 Garden Market, Fleet-Market, and, I believe, in all the 

 vegetable markets. 



Worms should lie in moss two or three days before 



they are used ; they will then be much brighter, 



larger, and more lively than when first taken : if you 



find any of them bruised, mutilated, or sickly, throw 



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