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to be caught, either with a Wortn^ a Minnow^, 

 or a Fly, But the firll of thefe is to be preferred, 

 he being not fo frequently obferved to bite at 

 a Minnow^ or a Fly, The Loh or Garden- 

 worm is the bed, which fhould be well fcoured, 

 that is, kept feven or eight Days in Mofs,. be- 

 fore you fifh with them ; And if you double 

 your Time of eight into fixteen, twenty, or 

 more Days, it is flill better \ for the Worms 

 will be yet clearer, tougher, and more lively, 

 and continue fo longer upon your Hook. 

 They may be preferv'd longer by keeping 

 them cool, and infrefli Mofs, into which fome 

 advife to put a little Camphire. 



It is a Cuftom with many to fifli for a Sal- 

 mon with a Ring of Wire on the Top of their 

 Rod, through which the Line may run to as 

 great a Length as is neceffary when he is hook'd. 

 And to that End, fome ufe a Wheel about the 

 Middle of their Rod, or near their Hand. 



Experienced Anglers have been known to 

 keep a little Box in their Pockets, anointed 

 with two or three Drops of Oil o^ Ivy-berries^ 

 into which they put their Worms two or three 

 at a Time, half an Hour or an Hour before 

 they hang them on the Hooks, in order to 

 give them a Scent. This Smell is faid to be 

 almofl irrefiftibly attradlive, notvvithflanding 

 what fome have offered, that Fifh can fmell 

 nothing whatfoever. OWo^ Polypody oi i\it Oak 

 has alfo been recommended, as proper to anoint 

 the Bait : But of this fee more in the Cliapter 

 of Pajies and Uns^uents, 



Both 



