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the jar is placed, and the time its contents are re- 

 quired to be used. 



The essential matter is t ; :. have your worms red 

 and lively. This can be accomplished by feeding 

 them on a species of highly coloured earth, re- 

 duced to a fine powder resembling brick dust. 

 This may be purchased at any druggist's, under 

 the name of Bole Armenian. Being 1 deprived of 

 their natural sustenance in the shape of earth, the 

 worms consume a portion of it as their food, im- 

 bibing at the same time its alluring colour. It is 

 administered to them by being first moistened with 

 water, then mixed among the moss. While under- 

 going the above mentioned process, they should 

 be placed in a cool shady place. 



Regarding the time of day when trout take 

 most greedily, that depends not a little on the 

 state of the atmosphere. In warm weather they 

 are in feeding humour shortly after sunrise, and 

 continue to be so until one or two p.m. ; generally, 

 however, they do not take freely before eight or 

 nine a.m. The whole of a pool may be fished 

 when there is a breeze upon it. When there is 

 no wind, the only part of a pool worth fishing is 

 the strong rush at the head. But the streams are 

 what the angler should rely upon ; and the best 

 trout are to be got in shallow water, close on the 

 edge of the strong run. 



