ehap. 8. Of the B A RBE L. 195^ 



and fuck off your ^orm clofe to the Hook, 

 and yet avoid the letting the Hook come into 

 his Mouth. 



The Barbel is alfo delicate in his Baits, and 

 muft have them clean and fweet. Your fVonns 

 Ihould be well-fcoured, and not kept in four 

 and mufty Mofs. But at a well-fcoured 

 Lob-worm he will bite boldly, and efpecially 

 if the Night or two before you filli for him, 

 you bait the Places where you intend to ftand, 

 with big JVorms cut into Pieces. And this is 

 particularly to be noted, that you cannot 

 over-bait the Place, nor fifli too early nor 

 too late for a Barbel. He will alfo bite at 

 Bees and at Gcndcs^ they not being too much 

 fcoured, but green, and at Cheefe, which is 

 not to be too hard, but kept a Day or two in 

 a wet Liiinen Cloth to make it tous;']. With 

 this you may alfo bait the Water a Day or two 

 before you fiili for him, and if the Cheefe were 

 laid in clarified Honey an Hour or two be- 

 fore, you would be ftill the likelier to have 

 Sport, Some have direded to cut the Cheefi 

 into thin Pieces, and toaft it, and then tie it 

 on the Hook with fine Silk. Others advife 

 to fifh for the Barbel with Sheeps fallow and 

 foft Cheefe beaten or worked into a Pafie^ and 

 recommend it as exceeding good in jiugii§f» 

 But the Lob-worm well-fcoured, the Gentk 

 not too much fcoured, and Cheefe ordered a$ 

 here directed, are ufually Baits enough in any 

 Month of the Year. 



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