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The Roach is a Leather-mouth'd-filh , having his 

 Teeth (as 1 laid before) in his Throat, as all Leather- . 

 mouth'd Fifli have. ^ . ^ 



In Jpril the Cads or Worms are proper Baits to 

 anele for Roaches ; in Summer fifti lor them wiih 

 fmall white Snails or Flics: but note, theymuftbe 

 under water, for he will not bite at the top. Or^take 

 ^May-fiy, and with a Plumb fmkit wheieyou ima- 

 gine ^./f^fi lie, whether in deep water, or near the 

 Pofts and Piles either of Bridge or Wear .-having fo 

 done, do not haftily, but gently pull your Hy up,and 

 vou will fee the Roach ^if any there) purfue and 

 take it near the rim of the water .left by flight it fhould 



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In Autumn you may fifh for them with Pafte onely 

 made'ofthe crums offine White-bread ,monlded with 

 a little water and the labour of your h^ndjintoa 

 toush Pafte, colour'd not very deep with Red-Lead, 

 with which you may mix a little fine Gotten or Lint, 

 and a little Butter ; thefe lall will make it hold on 

 and not wafli ofFyour Hook. With which you muft 

 fifh with much circumfpeclion, or \ou lofe your bait 

 In like manner in Winter n ou may angle for /?.^cfe 

 with Pafte-, but Gerties are then the better bait. 



Take thefe next Obfervations expenmenta.ly tried 

 bv lomeof us. vtz,. There is another excellent bait 

 either for Winter or Summer, and that is this : la;^ 

 an handful of well-dried Malt, and put it into aDift 

 ofVXater, and then having grubbed and walhed it 

 betwixt your hands till it be clean and free from 

 Husks,put that water from it,and having put it into a 

 little frefh water, fet it over a gentle FirC /ind let it 

 boiltillitbe pretty fcff, then pour the Water from 

 it, and with a fharp Knife turning the ^P^'^^^'f^ ^^ 

 the Corn upward, takeofftheback-pavtof the Husk 

 with the point of your Knifejeaving a kind of 'nward 



