. 7'4 



6. The body of peacock's orl, with the 

 bright ftained red hackle over it. 



The COD-BAIT. 



With artificial wings. Is generally 

 fir ft ufed about the middle o'f March; 

 and continues to the end of September. 

 This natural bait muft be ufed on the 

 top of the water, like an artificial fly, 

 an account of which will be given in 

 a future letter, and mufk be managed 

 thus: whip a pair of wings of a mal- 

 lard's grey feather, upon a hook No. 5 

 or 6 ; a little below them a (mall piece 

 of brafs mulic wire mud be whipped 

 with the point inclined upwards, but 

 nearly erefc, to retain the bait, from 

 which yo.i muft gently pinch the head, ^ 

 and a black gut will follow it; then j 

 through the aperture in'fert your hook, { 

 which muft go through the body to 

 the tail, carefully draw it up the (hank 

 of the hook until the wire is covered, 

 end then the bait is ready for ufe. 



I acknowledge this to be a trouble- 



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