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earthy matter they contain, they must be placed in damp moss, not 

 soddened with water, remember, but only damp. In creeping 

 through the fibres of the moss, they compress and empty themselves. 



The ash-grub, which is found in the rotten bark of a tree that 

 has been felled some time, is an excellent bait for grayling, chub, 

 dace, or roach, and may be used all the year round; it should be 

 kept in wheat bran. 



The brandling worm is a capital bait for almost any kind of fish. 



The name of the cabbage worm indicates its habitats ; it is a good 

 bait for chub, dace, roach, or trout. 



The caterpillar, which may be found in the leaves of cabbages, 

 is employed for the same fish as the cabbage worm. 



Of the cod bait, or caddis worm, there are three kinds; they 

 may be found by stony brooks, pits, or ponds, and in ditches. They 

 are good for trout, dace, chub, bream, bleak, roach, and grayling. 



The cow-dung bob is found under cow-dung, and is somewhat 

 like a gentle in shape, but larger ; it should be kept in earth. Chub, 

 carp, tench, roach, dace, and trout will take this worm eagerly. 



The locality of the crab-tree worm is indicated by its name ; it is 

 a good bait for roach, dace, trout, and chub. 



Flag or dock worms inhabit the fibres of flag roots in old pits or 

 ponds; they are excellent baits, and may be kept in bran. 



Every boy knows how gentles, or maggots, are bred. A little 

 bran and damp sand must be put in the vessel in which they are 

 kept, for the purpose of scouring them ; they are tempting baits for 

 all kinds of fish. When putting a gentle on the hook, you must 

 insert the hook at one end of it, and bring it out at the other, and 

 then draw the gentle back until it completely covers the point of 

 the hook. 



The garden worm, to be good, should have a red head, a streak 

 down the back, and a broad tail ; it makes a good bait for chub, 

 eels, perch, or barbel. 



The marsh worm is a good bait for trout, perch, grayling, or bream, 

 but it must be scoured for a longer time than the brandling. 



Oak worms may be gathered on the leaves of the oak tree, and are 

 good baits for chub, dace, roach, or trout. 



Palmer worms, or cankers, found on herbs, plants, and trees, are 

 excellent baits. 



The tag- tail is accounted a good bait for trout in cloudy weather, 

 or when the water is muddy. 



White grubs or white bait are much larger than gentles, and may 

 be found in sandy and meadow land; they are good baits for chub, 

 roach, bream, tench, trout, carp, and dace ; and should be kept 

 closely covered in an earthen pot with the earth about them. 



Wasp-grubs may be taken from the nest; they require to be 

 hardened for half-an-hour in a warm oven, and are good bait. 



House crickets are good to dib with for chub. 



Beetles are good also for chub ; they may be found in cow-dung. 



Miller's thumbs, bleaks, minnows, dace, gudgeons, loaches, 

 sticklebacks, smelts, and roach, are used as baits for larger fish. 



