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others cream, others grey, brown, or pale green. They 

 are all good baits, and may be preserved* in a pot, with a 

 little fine mould, in which some half-dried cow-dung, or 

 horse- dung, may be mixed. 



CATERPILLARS Of all kinds are excellent 3 but they 

 are extremely tender, and difficult to preserve on the 

 hook. They may be found on cabbage-plants, lettuces, 

 currant-bushes, and, indeed, on almost every thing that 

 grows. 



They should be preserved in chip or tin boxes, with 

 small holes pierced in the lid to give them air j and they 

 should be supplied with abundance of fresh leaves, such 

 as they were found among. It is necessary to observe, 

 that the COCK- CHAFER, is in many places called a cater- 

 pillar-, it is also known, in some districts, by die desig- 

 nation of the dunnnadore, or dor. 



This is an admirable bait, for chubs in particular, as 

 will be seen under that fish's description ; but their sea- 

 son is very short, rarely extending to more than five 

 weeks in the summer time, during which they may be 

 taken in millions : a few, indeed, may be occasionally 

 found down to the middle of autumn. 



BEETLES Are not applicable to bottom-faking any 

 more than the cock- chafer j nor are they eligible where 

 other baits can be had ; though many large fish, especially 

 trouts, have been caught with them. 



The mode of using both these baits will be found 

 . under the description of dipping for chubs. I shall now 

 speak of that very common and excellent bait, the 

 WORM. Of this there are various sorts, each appro- 

 priate, 



