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ling, begins to be sick and lose of his bigness, then 

 you may recover him, by putting a little milk or 

 cream, about a spoonful in a clay, into them by 

 drops on the moss ; and if there be added to the 

 cream an egg beaten and boiled in it, then it will 

 both fatten and preserve them long. And note, that 

 when the knot, which is near to the middle of the 

 Brandling, begins to swell, then he is sick, and, if 

 he be not well looked to, is near dying. And for 

 moss you are to note, that there be divers kinds 

 of it, which I could name to you, but will only tell 

 you, that that which is likest a buck's horn is the 

 best, except it be soft white moss, which grows on 

 some heaths, and is hard to be found. And note, 

 that in a very dry time, when you are put to an 

 extremity for worms, walnut-tree leaves squeezed 

 into water, or salt in water, to make it bitter or 

 salt, and then that water poured on the ground, 

 where you shall see worms are used to rise in the 

 night, will make them to appear above-ground pre- 

 sently. And you may take notice, some say that 

 camphor put into your bag with your moss and 

 worms, gives them a strong and so tempting a 

 smell, that the fish fare the worse and you the 

 better for it. 



And now I shall shew you how to bait your hook 

 with a worm, so as shall prevent you from much 

 trouble, and the loss of many a hook too, when you 

 fish for a Trout with a running-line ; that is to say, 

 when you fish for him by hand at the ground. I 



