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grow near the Water-fide. Many other Baits 

 are very good, but the following moft excel- 

 lent one, either for a Carp or a Bream^ in any 

 River or Mere, Mr. Walton fays, may fupply 

 the Place of them all. 



Chufe out the biggeft Red-worm you can 

 find, withouta Knot •, get a Pint or a Quart 

 of them in an Evening, in Garden- Walks, or 

 chalky Commons after a Shower of Rain ; 

 and put them with clean Mofs well wafhed 

 and picked, and the Water fqueezed out as 

 clean as you can, into an Earthen Pot or Pip- 

 kin fet dry : Change the Mofs every three or 

 four Days for three Weeks or a Month toge- 

 ther, and then your Bait will be at the beft, 

 exceeding clear and lively. 



Having thus prepared your Baits, take 

 three long Angling-Rods, and as many and 

 more Silk or Hair Lines, with a like Number 

 of large Swan or Goofe-quill ftror^g Floats, 

 Then take Pieces of Lead made like a Plum- 

 met, and fallen them to the lower End of 

 your Lines. Faflen your Link-Hook alfo to 

 the Lead, and let there be about a Foot or x.tn. 

 Inches between the Lead and the Hook, But 

 be ilire the Lead be heavy enough to fink the 

 Float or Quill a little under Water, and not 

 the Quill to bear up the Lead, becaufe the 

 latter muft lie on the Ground. Your Link next 

 the Hook fhould be fmaller than the reft of 

 your Line, if you dare venture it, for fear cf 

 taking the Flke or Perch^ who will be fure to 

 vifit your Hooks, before either Carp qt Bream 



will 



