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of the same paste used on the hook may be thrown in 

 round the float from time to time. 



A Bran, Bread, and Meal. 



Wet bran mixed with carrion gentles, or worked up 

 with soaked bread, is a very good ground bait, either for 

 Roach, Dace, or Bleak ; in fact, when used by itself, it 

 is the most certain mode of attracting Bleak to any 

 given spot that I am acquainted with. In water where 

 there is a current, the addition of soaked bread, in 

 about equal parts, or meal sufficient to give the bran 

 weight and consistency, is essential. Or a handful of 

 meal squeezed under water in the hand, and thrown in 

 from time to time, may be used by itself ; as may also 

 soaked bread w^hich is first squeezed dry in the hand. 

 The best meal for the purpose is made from wheat, 

 ground up with the husk, such as that employed for the 

 coarser kinds of brown bread. This should be mois- 

 tened sufficiently to make it cohere in lumps, but not 

 sufficiently to make it sticky. Bran is a great addition 

 to both the above-named baits, as it is light and easily 

 carried down gradually by the current, so as to entice 

 the fish upwards. 



Greaves. 



Prepared as already described, greaves is a very good 

 ground bait for Barbel and Bream, especially in combi- 

 nation with some or all of the foregoing. 



