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Filh of all Sorts likewife take the Clap-bait 

 within the Water, as the Trout^ Sahnon Smelt ^ 

 Graylings Chuh^ Roach^ Dace^ Carp^ Breain^ 

 "Tench, 6cc. For Trout and Salmon SmeJt, 

 you may imitate it with yellow Bees-wax, and 

 angle on the Surface \ having an artificial 

 or Dub-head, and Wings at the Top of the 

 Hook. 



There are divers Sorts of Cod-baits^ Cadews^ 

 or Cafe-worms^ which are to be found in fe- 

 vera! particular Counties, and in little Brooks 

 that have Communication with larger Rivers. 

 The firft I fliall mention is called a Piper^ 

 whofe Hufk or Cafe is a Piece of Reed about 

 an Inch long, or fomewhat more, and as big 

 round as the Compafs of a Silver Two-pence, 

 Thefe Worms being kept three or four Days 

 in a Woollen bag, v/ith Sand at the Bottom 

 of it, and the Bag wet once a Day, will turn 

 yellow, and become a choice Bait for 

 the Chub or Chavender^ or indeed for any 

 great Fifli. 



The lefler Cadews-worm^ c^.\kd3.Cock-fpur^ 

 being in Shape like the Spur of a Cock, fharp 

 at one End, hath a Cafe made of fmall 

 Husks, Gravel, and Slime, moft curioufly 

 intermixed. This is good Bait for any FloaC 

 Fifli, being much lefs than the Piper-Cadews 5 

 but muft be ordered in the fame Manner, and 

 may be preferved ten, fifteen, or twenty Days, 

 and fometimes longer. 



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