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that he carry the bread with him and make the 

 paste by the river side. This paste is the best 

 winter bait for roach, and the best of pastes at 

 all times for that fish, since you can fix it on the 

 smallest-sized hook, and its very slight tenacity 

 scarcely offers any obstruction to the point of the 

 hook penetrating through it to the fish's mouth. 



A good coloured paste in imitation of salmon 

 roe. Knead flour and water well together, then 

 wash both in a pailful of cold water, working them 

 well in a mass without dividing it, until the fine 

 parts of the flour are completely washed away : 

 this may be known by its ceasing to whiten the 

 water. What remains will be nearly gluten, and 

 very viscous. Take a little vermilion in fine 

 powder (the size of a large pea will colour a tea- 

 cupful of the gluten), and rub the whole well 

 together on a slab with a muller or flat knife. 

 This paste may be preserved many weeks if kept 

 immersed in cold water. If left exposed to the 

 air, it dries rapidly ; when taken out for use, it 

 should be put into a wet bag. 



Sweet paste is made by working the crumb of 

 bread with honey to a proper consistence. This 

 is certainly a good paste ; but I doubt very much 

 that it is so on account of its sweetness. I have 

 heard hundreds of anglers talk of the gusto with 

 which fish have swallowed this paste, yet I have 

 my doubts, as I do not think highly of the delicacy 



