Chap.4. r^^ A PPA R ATUS. 71 



were bred in, to preferve them : Then ftop 

 the VefTel exceeding clofe, or all will fpoil. 

 Set them where neither Wind nor Frofl may 

 in the leaft offend them, and they will keep 

 all the Winter for your Ufe, fo that you may 

 always be ready furnilhed. 



Some, in the Morning they go to angle, 

 boil thofe they intend to ufe that Day in Milk 

 or Water, one or two Minutes, and then 

 pour them on a Sieve to flrain off the Liquid ; 

 but they will not keep after boiling above two 

 Days. In like Manner you may boil thtyoung 

 Brood of fFaJps^ Hornets, Humble Bees, &c. 

 and they will become fomething the tougher, 

 and look more plump and white on the Hook. 

 Others put thefe Baits in a little Earth and Ho- 

 ney, the Day before they angle with them : 

 For Carp or Br earn, into a Box with Gtm- 

 Ivy. 



Cow-iurd-hoh, or Clap-hait, the other Sort 

 of Bob, is found under a Cow-turd, from a- 

 bout May-day until Michaelmas. It is an ex- 

 cellent Bait for Trout, if you angle with it as 

 Cod-bait is ufed, on the Top of the Water 

 with a briflled Hook -, only you may fome- 

 times put a Pair of artificial Wings and Head, 

 fuch as is ufed for the Dub-ily, on the Top of 

 the Hook. This Bait is almofl like a Gen- 

 tle, but bigger, and is kept in wet Mofs, but 

 not above three or four Days. Therefore if 

 you would preferve it longer, have rccourfe 

 to your Withy Bark, as you are diredled for a 

 Cod-bait, at Chap. 3. 



Fifh 



