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month of June ; or if that be too early in the year, 

 then doubtless you may find them in July, August, 

 and most of September. Gather them alive, with 

 both their wings, and then put them into a glass that 

 will hold a quart or a pottle ; but first put into the 

 glass a handful or more of the moist earth out of 

 which you gather them, and as much of the roots of 

 the grass of the said hillock ; and then put in the 

 flies gently, that they lose not their wings. Lay a 

 clod of earth over it, and then so many as are put 

 into the glass without bruising will live there a month 

 or more, and be always in a readiness for you to 

 fish with ; but if you would have them keep longer, 

 then get any great earthen pot, or barrel of three or 

 four gallons, which is better ; then wash your barrel 

 with water and honey, and having put into it a quan- 

 tity of earth and grass-roots, then put in your flies, 

 and cover it, and they will live a quarter of a year. 

 These, in any stream and clear water, are a deadly 

 bait for roach or dace, or for a chub ; and your 

 rule is, to fish not less than a handful from the 

 bottom. 



I shall next tell you a winter-bait for a roach, a 

 dace, or chub ; and it is choicely good. About 

 All-hallontide, and so till frost comes, when you see 

 men ploughing up heath-ground or sandy ground 

 or greenswards, then follow the plough, and 

 you shall find a white worm as big as two mag- 

 gots, and it hath a red head ; you may observe in 

 what ground most are, for there the crows will be 

 very watchful, and follow the plough very close. 



