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you may often Jet fink to tht Bottom; and 

 immediateJy raife them again to the Top 

 Some melt yellow Bees-wax, and therein dip' 

 yellow Crewel often, and then wrap the Crew- 

 el about the Shank of the Hook, and put a 

 Head on : And others make Ufe of a Piece 

 of fmall yellow Wax-candle, to imitate the 

 Cod-baa, and put a dubb'dHeadand Wings on 

 thQ Top of the Hook. 



Thofe Cod bails that are mtural, are mod 

 excellent Baits for Trouls, Graylings, Salmon 

 Smelts, Chubs, Roach, Dace, Perch, Carp, 

 Tench Ruff, Bream, ^nd Bleak -, but the i-- 

 tifcial Cod-bait IS for Trout s and Salmon Smelt, 

 only. Note, That Trouts take the Cod-baic 

 in clear PFatersonly. 



Cod-baits, when they are full ripe, turn in- 

 to Mies of feveral Sorts, efpecially into the 

 Green-drake, Sec. 



ThQ Bark-worm, or Afhgruh, which are 

 Names for one and the fame Infed, is plump 

 milk white, bent round from Head to Tail* 

 and exceeding tender, with a red Head, re- 

 lembling a young Dore, or Humble-bee 

 it IS in Seafon all the Year, efpecially from* 

 Michaelmas till the Middle o{ May ox June 

 it IS the moft proper Bait of any, except only 

 the Fly ^nd Cod-bait, for the Grayling-, and 

 Chub, Roach, and Dace will likewife take 



jI^"^,,?^^ ^"'^ '^ ""^^i" ^^^ Bark of an Oak, 

 ^A ^ider, or Birch, efpecially if they lie a 



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