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flows, yet in them it is a very killing bait ; neither do 

 they answer in any ponds that I have tried them. If you 

 5ise worms for baits they should be well scoured ; large 

 lob worms put on a single hook in the following manner : 



Take a long minnow baiting needle, and fix it t.o the 

 gimp, or what the hook is tied to, enter the point of the 

 -needle close to the tail of the worm and bring it out at 

 its head ; draw till the shank of the hook is completely 

 covered, taking care also that the point and barb of the 

 hook is hid or covered in the worm : but let not more 

 than a quarter of an inch of the w r orm hang loose from 

 the point of the hook, for when much is left loose Eels 

 are apt to nibble it off, and avoid taking the part which 

 contains the hook. Some anglers bait their hook by 

 entering the point of the ne die at the head of the worm 

 instead of the tail, which I prefer because the hook then 

 lays in the thickest part of the worm, and therefore the 

 point and barb is less likely to shew or be felt while the 

 Eel is sucking in the bait. Note. Hooks baited with 

 worms are very frequently bit and mutilated by small 

 Eels, Minnows, &c. therefore prefer fish for baits, unless 

 the water you lay in abounds with Trout, Carp or Chubb, 

 who will all take a worm bait at night ; in which case .bait 

 some of the hooks with worms, and others w T ith fish. 



In ponds I have taken large Eels with live frogs for a 

 bait, but have not found it answer in rivers, and also 



