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before the yellow ones come : The other yel- 

 low Sort come in May, or the End of ^n7, 

 and are out of Seafon in July : A third Sort, 

 but fmaller, come in again in Auguft. 



Thefe Cod-baits cannot endure the Wind 

 and Cold : Therefore keep them in a thick 

 Woollen Bag, with fome moift Gravel or 

 Sandamongft them, got out of the fame Ri- 

 ver, or Brook, which the Cod-baits you get 

 were bred in. Wet them once a Day if in the 

 Houfe, but oftner in hot Weather. When 

 you carry them abroad, fill the Bag full of Wa- 

 ter, and then hold the Mouth clofe, that they 

 drop not out, while the Water runs from them. 

 Thus they have been kept three Weeks. Or, 

 you may put them in an earthen Pot full of 

 Water, with fome of the Gravel they were bred 

 in at the Bottom, and take them from thence 

 into your Bag as you have Occafion to ufe 

 them. But the befl Way of keeping them is 

 in the Withy Bark, as before direded in 

 Chap 3. To which I will only add, that 

 fome are fo dextrous in making their Cafe of 

 Bark, as to leave one End of it clofcd up by 

 a Piece of its own Wood, and to make a Stop- 

 per for the other End with another Piece of 

 the fame. 



One may T^n^t feveral ^ays with Cod-bait; y 

 either at Bottom with a Float, or within a 

 Foot of the Bottom at Mid-water, or at 

 Top : But if in a clear Water for the Trout j 

 Graylings or Salmon Smelt, ufe fine and fmall 

 Lines, never above one Hair for two or three 



Lengths 



