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angling in the returns of a stream, or in the eddies betwixt 

 two, wliich are also the most likely places wherein to kill 

 fish, either at the top or bottom. The cadis may be at 

 times, with very good effect, joined to a worm, and some- 

 times to an artificial fly, to cover the point of the hook, 

 and also two or three together may be put upon the hook ; 

 but it is always to be angled with at bottom, especially when 

 by itself, with the finest tackle ; and at all seasons it is a 

 most holding bait for trout and grayling. 



LKRYM OF VARIOUS INSECTS USED AS BAIT. 



The Ash-Grub, or Bark- Worm. — This grub is of a milk 

 white hue, plump, and bent round from head to tail, with a red 

 head. It is found under the bark of vaiious trees, such as 

 biioh, oak, ash, or alder, especially if they are permitted to 

 lie a year after they are felled. They are sometimes also 

 found in the body of a rotten alder. They should be kept 

 in bran, and great caution is necessary in the use of them, as 

 they are very tender. In baiting, the hook must be armed 

 with a bristle, to prevent its slipping down, and should be 

 introduced under its head, and guided down the middle of 

 the bell} . without suffering it to break the skin in its pas- 

 sage, unlll the point of the hook comes so low, that the 

 head of the grub may rest on the bristle, that projects to 

 hold it ; it will thus be prevented from slipping off by its own 

 exertions ; nor will the force of the stream, or quick pulling 

 it out of the water, strip it off. 



The Dock or Flag-worm. — When this worm is scoured, 

 it resembles a gentle in colour, but is longer and more 

 slender in its form ; it is furnished with rows of feet down 

 his belly, and has a red head. These animals locate in the 

 roots of flags which grow by the edges of old ponds or pits. 

 The flags should be pulled up, and the soil which is at the 



