1230 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 



The pith when used for Chub or Barbel, should be cut 

 •up as required, into pieces about the size of a largish 

 liazel-nut, and baited on a No. 9 or No. 10 hook. (See 

 plate, p. II.) 



Wasp-grubs. 



The young of the wasp in its immature state as found in 

 the comb, is a good, though very delicate bait for Roach, 

 Dace, Chub, Bream, and Grayling. It may be easily 

 obtained throughout the summer and early autumn 

 months by digging out the nest : the adult wasps, it is 

 hardly necessary to say, having been previously de- 

 stroyed. For this purpose the following is the best 

 receipt I am acquainted with, and as wasps are great 

 enemies to the orchard and fruit-garden, I commend 

 it also to the attention of farmers : — 



Procure a strong solution of cyanide of potassium 

 {prussic acid) and having thoroughly wetted therewith a 

 doubled piece of lint about six inches square, place the 

 lint at the mouth of the hole, so that the wasps cannot 

 well obtain ingress or egress without settling on it. Every 

 wasp crawling over or alighting on the lint will be in- 

 stantaneously killed^ and twenty-four hours will com- 

 monly be found sufficient to enable the comb to be 

 dug out without difficulty. 



Pastes. 



Having tried most of the pastes described in Angling 

 manuals, the result of my experience is that there is no 



