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or at any Kind o^ Snail ^ or at the black Bee 

 that breeds in Clay Walls *, and he never re- 

 fufes a Grafshopper on the Top of a fwift 

 Stream, nor at the Bottom the young Humble- 

 hee that breeds in long Grafs, and is generally 

 found by the Mowers. In Augufl^ and in the 

 cooler Months, 2i yellow Pafte made of the 

 Ilrongeft Cheefe, and pounded in a Mortar 

 with a little Butter, and fo much Saffron as 

 being beaten fmall will turn it to a Lemon Co- 

 lour, is a very good Bait, In the Winter 

 Months the Chub is accounted befb, it being 

 obferved that the forked Bones are then loft, 

 or turned into a Kind of Griftle, efpecially if 

 he be baked. Some make a Pafte for this Sea- 

 fon, of Cheefe and Turpentine. He will bite 

 alfo at a Minnow or Penk^ as well as the Trout, 

 But take this for a Rule in Cbiib-fijhi?tg^ that 

 in hot Weather he is to be angled for towards 

 the Mid-water, or near the Top j and in cold- 

 er Weather nearer the Bottom. And if you 

 fifh for him on the Top, with a Beetle ox Fly y 

 be fure to let your Line be very long, and to 

 keep out of Sight. The Spawn of this Fifh is 

 excellent Meat ; and the Head of a large Che- 

 vi/ty the Throat being well waflied, is the beft 

 Part of him. 



The Chub fpawns in March^ and is in Sea- 

 fon from Mid-May till after Candlemafs^ but 

 beft in Winter. He likes fandy and clay Bot- 

 toms, and Streams fhaded with Trees. Some- 

 times, in cold W\\uher, he is taken at the 

 Bottom with a Ledger-bait, When Cattle, in 



Summer 



