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Carp, and especially if the ground be a little baited 

 with it. 



And you may also note, that the Spawn of most 

 fish is a very tempting bait, being a little hardened 

 on a warm tile, and cut into fit pieces. Nay, mul- 

 berries and those black-berries which grow upon 

 briars, be good baits for Chubs or Carps : with these 

 many have been taken in ponds, and in some rivers 

 where such trees have grown near the water, and 

 the fruit customarily dropped into it. And there be 

 a hundred other baits, more than can be well named ; 

 which, by constant baiting the water, will become 

 a tempting bait for any fish in it. 



You are also to know, that there be divers kinds 

 of Cadis, or Case-worms, that are to be found in this 

 nation in several distinct counties, and in several 

 little brooks that relate to bigger rivers : as namely, 

 one Cadis called a Piper, whose husk or case is a 

 piece of reed about an inch long, or longer, and as 

 big about as the compass of a two-pence. These 

 worms being kept three or four days in a woollen 

 bag with sand at the bottom of it, and the bag wet 

 once a day, will in three or four days turn to be 

 yellow ; and these be a choice bait for the Chub or 

 Chavender, or indeed for any great fish, for it is a 

 large bait. 



There is also a lesser Cadis- worm, called a Cock- 

 spur, being in fashion like the spur of a cock, sharp 

 at one end, and the case or house in which this 

 dwells is made of small husks, and gravel, and 



