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for ^rout^ be fure that the Bait turn quick, 

 and be always in Motion, and in a clear Water, 

 for which we fhall give Directions in its 

 proper Place. 



Lamprey^ Pride, or Seven- Eyes y are like 

 fmall Eels, no thicker than a Straw, and may- 

 be found in fandy muddy Heaps, near the 

 Side of Rivers, almoftas eafily as Worms in a 

 Dunghill. They are good Baits, either by 

 Night or Day, for Chubs and Eels, and fo are 

 likewife the fmall Brood of Eels for Chubs. 



Both the white and the black Snail, his Belly 

 being flit, that the white may appear, are good 

 Baits for the Chub, very early in the Morning ; 

 but in the Heat of the Day he cares not for 

 them. Trout s and Eels will likewife take them 

 at the Night-hook. 



The Graf shopper is a Creature having no 

 Mouth, only a Pipe in the Breaft to fuck in 

 Dew, of which it is fuppofed to live. The 

 Antients ufed to eat them. There are two, 

 if not three Sorts of them, alike in Shape, but 

 differing in Colour : The one is green coloured, 

 the other dun, and the third of a yellowijJj 

 green on the Body. They are principally 

 found in green Meadows and Grafs ; and Fifh 

 take them bed in the latter End of June, all 

 July, and Auguji, The middle- fized are befl ; 

 but you mufl cut off their Legs and outward 

 Wings. For Trout or Grayling you may lead 

 your Hook on the Shank, with a Plate of Lead, 

 made narroweft and flendereft at the Bent of 

 the Hook, that the Bait may come over it ; 



then 



