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Party hath been buried, fay they, the better: 

 And they put them intofrefh Mofs, with fome 

 of this Earth, when they go to angle. Others 

 again, in the Spring, and for a muddy Water, 

 iliave Ruddle or red Oker, (with which Coun- 

 try People mark their Sheep) into the Mofs 

 they keep their Worms in, and fometimes 

 thofe Baits will be taken eagerly, when the 

 brighter, which are kept in Mofs and Water 

 only, will not be taken at all: And perhaps 

 within an Hour again the bright ones will be 

 taken, and the ruddled Worms refufed. Since 

 all Ways therefore are here noted for the 

 keeping and ordering your Worms, chufe that 

 Way which Experience afllires you to be the 

 beft : Only this you may obferve, that if you 

 can otherwife help it, never have your Brand- 

 lings or Gilt-tails kept in Mofs, having the 

 Water well fqueezed out of it, lefs than 48 

 Hours, or above ten Days. 



There is yet another Way of cleanfing and 

 freferving Worms ^ recommended by modern 

 Anglers, and found extremely good for 

 every Kind of them, except the Lob-worm, 

 It is only this : Take a Piece of very coarfe 

 Cloth, which has never been fhrunk in the 

 Fulling-Mill, walli it very clean^ and let it 

 dry : Then foak it in the Liquor which a 

 Piece of fat frefli Beef has been boiled in, and 

 wring it out, but not fo hard, as to prefs out all 

 the Liquor. Then Jay it in a deep Earthen 

 Pan, which has a large Bottom, and put your 

 Worms thereon, that they may crawl in and 



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