yS TZ^^ BRITISH ANGLER. P.I. 



Year or more after they are fallen. -It is Irke- 

 "wife found in the Body of a rotted Alder^ if 

 you break it with an Ax : But be careful only 

 to fhiver the Tree in pieces with beating, fo 

 as crufh not the Worm. Laftly, you may 

 find it under the Bark of the Stump of any 

 Tree, when decayed. 



The Bark-worm is very tender, and there- 

 fore to be baited on fuch a Iriftled Hook as be- 

 fore is dire6ted for the Cod-haiL The Hook 

 Ihould be put in under the Head or Chaps of 

 the Bait, and guided down the Middle of the 

 Belly, without fuffering it to flart out by the 

 "Way, till the Point comes fo low, that 

 the Head of the Bait may flick on the Briftle 

 that comes out to hold it ; by which means it 

 neither flip off itfelf, nor will the Force of the 

 Stream, nor fudden pulling it out on any Mif- 

 take, flrip it off. If the Hook once comes 

 thro', there will iflue out fFaler and Aliik, til] 

 nothing but the Skin remain, and the Bent of 

 the Hook will appear black thro' it. This 

 Bait is ufualiy kept in Wheat-bran, and there- 

 by grows tougher. 



For Grayling you are to angle with this Bait, 

 with the fmalleft Lines, fuch as are direded 

 for a Trout ^ with a Running Line in a clear 

 Water. You are always to ufe a Float, and 

 the leafl Weight of Lead you can, that the 

 Swiftnefs of the Stream will allow ; and your 

 Bait is to be always fcven or eight Inches from 

 the Bottom. But for other Fi&Xi ^^Chub^Roachy 



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