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LETTER XVI. 

 To ***** ******* 



Dear Sir, 



Worms arc the mofb 

 natural baits, under water, for almofh 

 every fifh, inftances having occured 

 even of pike taking them. Muft be 

 preferved and cleanfed in. moderately dry 

 mofsy in a cool place in the fummer, 

 and out of the reach of froffc in the 

 winter. The more mofs you make 

 ufe of, and oftener it is changed, the 

 longer they will live, as they cannot 

 bear being cxpofed to the air. The 

 largefl is the 



LOB, or DEW WORM. 



Which is found by turning up foil) 

 paiticularly in 'old gardens, fallow fields, 

 and early in the morning -may be ta- 

 ken upon the furface of grafs fields. 

 \V 7 hen ; by crawling about, thofe that 

 i & mee 



