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hundred miles of London, in thirty hours, by remitting the 

 value in postage stamps. 



To propagate gentles, take any kind of coarse fish, such 

 as chub, or roach, or a piece of bullock's liver, and lay it on 

 an earthen pot in the shade, and it will be soon fly-blown ; 

 and gentles or maggots will be produced speedily, especially 

 if the weather is warm. Permit them to feed until they 

 have acquired their full size, after which pick them out, and 

 place them in a pot, with a mixture of oatmeal and bran, 

 and in two days they will be sufficiently well scoured and 

 fed to fish with ; in about four more days, they become of a 

 pale red colour, assume the pupa or chrysalis condition, and 

 change into a fly. The red ones, however, should not be 

 thrown away, as frequently roach and dace will take them, as 

 well as the white, in preference to all other baits. If gentles 

 are bred in October, and kept a little warmer than those bred 

 in summer, until full grown, and afterwards put in a pan, 

 with oatmeal and bran, and placed in a damp vault or cellar, 

 they may be preserved for winter fishing, taking care to 

 give them a fresh supply of bran and oatmeal occasionally. 

 Gentles are always such alluring baits, that the angler 

 should constantly be provided with them. Trouts have been 

 taken with them in clear water, when they have refused all 

 other kinds of worms and artificial flies. We have found 

 them very deadly when put on the hook of an artificial fly, 

 which gives the appearance of the living fly to it. 



CADIS, CAD-BAIT, OR CASE-WOHMS. 



There are several kinds of cadis-worms which are peculiar 

 to difierent counties and localities ; these inhabit small 

 brooks, as well as ponds and ditches ; from whence they 

 find their way into larger rivers. 



The Paper Cadis, or straw-worm, (plate xv. fig, 15,) is 



