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If you will bait a Streamjgctfome Tin-boxes made 

 full of holes no bigger than jult lie for a Worm to 

 creep through ^ then fill thefe Boxes with them , and 

 having faftned a Plummet to fink them,cafl: them in- 

 to the Stream with a ftring fafcned thereto, that you 

 may draw them forth when you pleafe, by the fmal- 

 nefs of the holes aforefaid , the Worms can crawl 

 out but very leafurejy, and as they crawl theFifh will 

 refort about them. 



If you would bait for Salmoriy Trout^ Vmher and the 

 like, in a Stream, then take fome blood , and there- 

 with incorporate fine Clay, Barley, and Malt ground 

 adding thereto fome Water j make all in a Pafte with 

 Gum of Ivy ♦, then form it into Cakes, and call: them 

 into the ftream* Some will knead or flick Worms 

 therein fait by the head If you find your bait take 

 iioeffedintheattra(fl;ing of theFifh, you may then 

 concXn^Q iomQ Pike ox Pear ch lurketh thereabout to 

 feize his Prey, for fear of which the Fifh dare not 

 ■venture thereabout : you mull therefore remove thefe 

 obftruflions of your fport,bv taking your Trowl^and 

 let your Bait be either Brandlings or Lob-worms ^ or 

 you may ufe Gentles or Minows, which they will 

 greedily fnnp at. 



Keep your Rod neither to dry nor to moift, left 

 f.he one make it brittle, and the other rotten. If it be 

 ^ery foultry dry Weather, wet your Rod a little be- 

 fore you Angle .• and having llruck a good Fi(h,kcep 

 your Rod benr, and that will hinder him from run- 

 jaing to the end of the Line, l)y which means he wUl 

 cither break his hold or the Hook. 



If you would know what Bait the Fifli loves belt 

 at the time of your fifliing, having taken one, flit 

 his Gill , and take out his Stomach, and open it 

 without bruifing, and there you will find what he 

 bfl: fed on and had a fmcy to ^ by which means you 

 may bait your Hoo ; according' /. When 



