J^GG MAXUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



bj the sides of rivers, but are never sheltered in a covering 

 of any kind. They are found under stones. They are very 

 killing baits for trout. They continue in their larva state 

 for about five weeks, and then change into the perfect insect ; 

 and during the time their wings are growing there is no bait 

 more efiective than this. 



The Palmer- WORMS, or Wool-beds. — These are small 

 grubs, of various colours ; some are rough and woolly, breed- 

 ing all the summer on trees, bushes, plants, and herbs. They 

 are found by beating and shaking the branches of oaks, 

 crab-trees, hawthorns, and others, that grow over highways, 

 or other bare places, where they can be most readily found 

 after falling from the trees. These should be kept in small 

 boxes, perforated with holes for air. They must be fed upon 

 the bark and the leaves of the same kind of tree from which 

 they were shaken, at least five or six times a week, removing 

 the withered and dead leaves every time a fresh supply is 

 given them. They should be kept cool in a garden amongst 

 grass, or in any shaded situation. 



Grasshoppers, from June to September, are to be met with 

 in many pasture-fields and meadows, especially in a hot, dry 

 summer ; but most plentifully in old, short, mossy grass : 

 the middle-sized and greenest are the best, and may be 

 carried in a box, with a notch cut in the edge, wide at top 

 and narrow at the bottom, which, by lifting up the box-lid 

 gently, just leaves space enough for the grasshoppers to creep 

 out, which they will do separately. Some anglers take off 

 the legs in baiting with them, but they answer better whole, 

 if properly placed to stand on the back of the hook, and 

 which should be entered under the head and lodged in the 

 body. This is a fine and tender bait, and is readily taken by 

 many kinds of fish in clear streams about mid-water, with a 

 hook No. 6, with fine gut and one small shot. They may be 



