Chap.4. r/^i? APPARATUS. dj 



To order^ keep, and Jcour Worms of every 

 Sort, put them into very good long Mofs : 

 Whether white, red, or green, is not very 

 material ; but the foft white Mofs that grows 

 on fome Heaths is accounted bed, only it is 

 difficult to be found in many Countries, The 

 next in Goodnefs is what grows on the Buck- 

 thorn. Wafh your Mofs well, and cleanfe it 

 from all Earth and Filth, wringing it very 

 dry : Then put your Mofs and Worms into 

 an Earthen Pot, which cover clofe, that they 

 crawl not out : Set the Pot in a cool Place in 

 Summer, and in Winter in a warm Place, 

 that the Froft may not deftroy them. Every 

 fourth Day in Summer change the Mofs, and 

 once a V7eek in the Winter •, or, at leaft, let 

 the Mofs be taken from themi, and clean 

 waftied in frefh Spring Water, and fqueezed 

 again betwixt your Hands till it be pretty dry, 

 and then you may put it to them again. The 

 longer you keep them, efpecially the Loh- 

 worm, Mar[h-worm, and Red-worm, before 

 you ufe them, the better. Some mingle Ca- 

 momile or Fennel with the Mofs, and not 

 unproperly. The fcouring Worms well makes 

 them redder, clearer, tougher, fprightlier, 

 longer*lived on the Hook, and confequently 

 more defirable to the Filh. If you are in 

 hade for your Worms, a little Bole- Armoniack 

 put to them will further your Defire, and make 

 them fcour in a fhort Time : Or you may put 

 the Dew-worm^ or Red -worm ^ three or four 



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