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Whelks, alias cow-horns or buckey; for turbot, 

 ling, haddock, cod, conger, &c. 



Sand-eel; for pollack, turbot, flat fish, cod and ling. 



Garden worms ; for flounders and most flat fish. 



Scallops ; almost too soft to be put on the hook, 

 but they will take fish. 



Mussels ; for ling, bream, cod, whiting, rock-cod, 

 haddock, mackerel, gurnet, &c. To keep this bait 

 steady on the hook, you will find it a good plan to tie 

 a bit of thread round it. 



Herrings;* for cod, turbot, hake, ling, mackerel, 

 whiting, gurnet, and many other fish. 



Soft-shelled crab ; most admirable for cod, had- 

 dock, rock-cod, whiting, ling, bream, fluke, flat fish, 

 gurnet, and many other fish. 



Red and gray gurnet ; for hake, and a few other 

 fish. 



Sugar-loon ; for haddock, whiting, cod, ling, 

 bream, &c. 



Mackerel ; for turbot, ling, cod, haddock, mack- 

 erel, &c. In fishing for mackerel, always use gut 

 and fish as fine as you can. 



* See Appendix, W. 



