302 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. PART I, 



meet there, the ninth of May next, about two of the 

 clock; and I'll \varit nothing that a fisher should be 

 furnished with. 



Pise. Well! and I'll not fail you, God willing, 

 at the time and place appointed. 



Ven. I thank you, good master ! aod I will not fail 

 you. And, good master! tell me what BAITS more, 

 you remember ; for it will not now be long ere we shall 

 be at Tottenham-high-cross, and when we come thi- 

 ther, I will make you some requital of your pains, Jby 

 repeating as choice a Copy of Verses as any we have 

 heard, since we met together ; and that is a proud 

 word, for we have heard very good ones. 



Pise. Well, scholar ! and I shall be then right glad 

 to hear them. And I will, as we walk, tell you what- 

 soever comes in my mind, that I think may be worth 

 your hearing. You may make ANOTHER CHOICE 

 BAIT thus : take a handful or two of the best and big- 

 gest wheat you can get ; boil it in a little milk, like as 

 frumity is boiled, boil it so till it be soft: and then 

 fry it, vcry^ --leisurely, with honey, and a little beaten 

 saffron dissolved in milk : And you will find this a 

 choice bait, and good, I think, for any fish, especi- 

 ally for Roach, Dace, Chub, or Grayling : I know 

 not but that it may be as good for a river Carp, and es- 

 pecially if the ground be a little baited with it. 



Arid you may also note, that the SPAWN of most fish 

 is a very tempting bait, being a little hardened on a 

 warm tile, and cut into fit pieces*. Nay, mulberries, 

 and those black-berries which grow upon briars, be 

 good baits for Chubs or Carps : with these, many have 

 been taken in ponds, and in some rivers where such 

 trees have grown near the water, and the fruits cus- 

 tomarily dropt into it. And there be a hundred other 

 baits more than can be well named which, by con- 

 stant baiting the water, will become a tempting bait 

 for any fish in it. 



You are ajso to know, That there be divers kinds of 

 CADIS, or Case-worms, that are to be found, in this 



* See the note in page 298. 



