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white Skin fafe and untouched, or your Labour 

 is loft. This, they affirm, is an excellent Bait 

 for a Chub all the Winter long : And fo is the 

 Brains of an Ox or Cow, either for Winter or 

 Summer. The aforefaid Pith is alfo a good Bait 

 for Eels at Night Hook. 



Fifh take all Sorts of Baits moft eagerly 

 and freely, and with the leaft Sufpicion, when 

 you prefent them in fuch Order and Manner as 

 Nature affords them, or as theFifh themfelves 

 ufually take them. Some are peculiar to cer- 

 tain Countries and Rivers, of which every An- 

 gler may in his own Place make his proper 

 Obfervation. Several of the foregoing Baits 

 will be taken in fome particular Rivers, and 

 not in others 5 and the fame Baits are taken 

 earlier in fome Rivers than others, andfooner 

 or later in fome Years than others, according to 

 the Quality andScafon of the Year. Ground- 

 baits in general are indeed ufeful and certain al- 

 moft in every River •, but it is otherwife with 

 the Fl}\ which varies in Colour, Kind, Shape, 

 or Proportion, almoft in every River, nay, 

 in the very fame River, at five or fix Miles dif- 

 tance. 



In the River 2l?^w<f J Anglers for Roach ufc 

 a Perriwinkle^ which they gather in Shells. 

 They break the Shells, and take the Perri win- 

 kle whole. Shrimps taken out of the Shell are 

 good Baits for Pike and Chub. The white 

 ^//7^ with much Seed, by fome called /f//- 

 Seedy is a very acceptable Bait to Fifh, fay 

 fcnae Authors. 



Let 



