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CHAPTER, XVITi- 
BAITS, BAITING, AND GROUND BAIT. 
Baits—W orms, brandlings, lob-worms, where to get and how to pre- 
serve; two-hook tackle. Gentles, greaves, pith and bullock’s 
brains. Wasp-grubs; easy method of taking wasp-nests. Pastes. 
Miscellaneous baits—Caddice; grasshoppers; meal-worms ; earth- 
grubs. 
Ground baits—Rationale of ground-baiting ; gentles, paste, bran, bread, 
meal, greaves, grains, rice, worms. 
WORMS. 
THE best worm for every description of angling, 
except Barbelling or Bream-fishing, is usually the 
brandling or dunghill worm, found in old rubbish and 
manure heaps. In common with all other worms brand- 
lings are better scoured and kept as recommended for 
Trout fishing (p. 112). Of other kinds of worms, the 
reddest are the best. For Barbel, Bream, and Chub, 
the tail end of a lob-worm, about 2 inches, is, for some 
reason—probably because it is larger—a better bait. 
Lob-worms can frequently be obtained in the same 
spots as brandlings—in kitchen-gardens, and generally 
in any moderately damp, heavy soil. Lob-worms also 
come out in great numbers on dampish, low-lying 
