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CHAP. XVII. 



O/ the Gentle or Maggot. 



jVERY one knows how these mischievous 

 creatures are bred ; and they are a common bait 

 for dace, roach, chub, &e. but 1 seldom use them 

 any other way than as the grwb, on a bristled 

 hook, and a half fly. I keep them in bran till 

 full grown, within a day or two of their turning 

 to an aurelia, when they grow tough ; and I 

 generally put the point of a needle or pin in at 

 the thick end of it, and then put my hook in at 

 that hole, and quite through at the small end, 

 and thrust it on till part of it is beyond the 

 bristle, to strike through the middle of it. 



With the grub or this maggot, when the 

 shallow streams are full of brandling-trouts, I 

 have often in the Coquet, catched three or four 

 hundred in four hours time. 



CHAP. XVIII. 



Of Salmon-Roe. 



JL HE best time to get this bait is when the 

 salmon are~ full bellied, a little before they 

 spawn : There are several ways of managing and 

 keeping it ; some boil it a little, and salt it; some 

 only Jay it on a board or trencher to dry, and 



