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 than ever were tried by any one Angler -, re- 

 ferving only the Paftes and Ointments to be 

 treated of by themfelves. 



To make a Bait with Sheep' s-Blood you muft 

 dry it in the Air upon a Board or Trencher, 

 till it becomes pretty hard : Then cut it into 

 fmall Pieces, proportioned to the Size of the 

 Hook. Some add a little Salt to it, which 

 keeps it from growing black. This is a good 

 Bait for Chub, Roach, and Dace, if rightly 

 ordered. 



When you ufe any Sort of Grain^ as IVheat 

 or Malt, boil it foft in Milk^ or, which is 

 liked better, in Sweet-wort, and peel off the 

 outward Rind, which is the Bran, It is then 

 fit for Ufe •, though fome afterwards, and in- 

 deed not without Reafon, fry it in Honey and 

 Milk^ or fleep it in fome flrong-fcented Oils, as 

 /iinber. Spike, Polypody, Ivy, Annife, turpen- 

 tine, or Oil of Peter. Grain is a good Bait, 

 either in Winter or Summer, for Chub, Roachy 

 Dace, and Bleak, That Fifh can fmell, few- 

 er none doubt ; but what Sort of Smells they 

 moft delight in, is the great Queftion, that is 

 not yet perfedly decided, nor can be any 

 otherways than by long Experience, and the 

 Trial of various odoriferous Oils. 



The Ant-fly is mod plentiful in the End of 

 June, July^ Augu^i, and moft of Septefnber, 

 During that Seafon, go to the Ant-hills or 

 Mcle- bills ^ where they breed, and take a great 

 Handful of the Earth, with as much of the 

 Roots of the Grafs that grows on thofe Hil- 

 locks : 



