THE JOLLY ANGLER. 59 



keep, the fish alive while you are angling ; as well as an 

 extra line or two, complete, with a sufficient quantity of 

 spare hooks tied on; and a skein of fine and coarse silk, 

 with some wax, in a piece of leather,; these last are your 

 resource in case of a misfortune befalling any part of your 

 tackle. A Pocket-book (No. 6) may be purchased at any 

 Tackle-shop, fitted up for the purpose of holding all the 

 smaller articles in a compact form; also one to hold your 

 Flies and Fly-tackle complete. 



CHAP. IV. 



Of Baits. 



IN treating of Baits, I must impress on my reader's mind 

 the necessity of their being fresh, and placed on the line 

 so as to shew as little of the hook as possible, your success 

 depending so much on the tempting appearance of the 

 bait. 



The first I shall allude to are Gentles; of these the 

 bright yellow well scoured ones from a bullock's liver are 

 esteemed the best, but / give the preference to the carrion 

 gentles, (where you use them for ground bait,) only pick 

 the biggest and whitest for the hook ; these are to be 

 bought at most of the Tackle-shops; two or three quarts 

 are sufficient for a day's Roach-fishing. 



The next bait for the before-mentioned fish is Paste, 

 which should be made of a piece of crumb of bread dipped 

 in water, and well worked up into a dough or paste with 

 clean hands ; a piece about the size of a pea is placed so as 

 to hide the hook; observe, this is a tender bait, and must 

 be used with caution, otherwise you will jerk it off. There 

 is another sort of Paste, made by dipping a piece of new 

 bread in honey, and working as before; this is used (in 

 larger pieces) for Carp. 



Many people recommend Oils, Scents, &c.; 1 have 



