BAITS, BAITING, AND GROUND BAIT. 231 
Bearing in mind this rule, it will hardly be necessary 
to explain that of the ground baits which I am about to 
enumerate the majority are also used as baits for the 
hook—some simply, some in combination with others. 
To begin with, 
GENTLES. 
“Carrion gentles” are generally used for purposes of 
ground bait, being smaller, more easily procured, and 
otherwise inferior to the liver gentles, which should be 
used on the hook, thus carrying out the cardinal prin- 
ciples of ground baiting already indicated. Carrion 
gentles can be obtained from any carcase or offal ; they 
are, I believe, generally procured for the tackle-shops 
from the dealers in horse-flesh. They should be mixed 
with moist sand, as, if kept in any quantity, pure and 
en masse, they are apt to scald, as the expression is ;— 
that is, they become so heated that many die. Carrion 
gentles, simply or in combination with other baits, are 
the best ground bait all the year round for Roach, Dace, 
and Bleak, and are also a very good bait for Bream or 
Barbel. In ponds or still waters I should advise their 
use for either of the fish named, without other admixture, 
on all occasions when they can be procured. 
PASTE 
Is to be recommended for use principally in the same 
kind of water as that suitable for gentles. A few pellets 
