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Husk on the Corn, or elfe you fpoil all : then cut off 

 a little oi the fJDroiit.end, that the white may appear, 

 andalfoavery little ot the other end for the Hook 

 to enter. When you makeufe of this bait, caft now 

 and then a little of it into the water ^ and then, if 

 your Hook be fmall and good, you will find it an ex- 

 cellent bait either for Roach or Dace. 



Another good bait is the young brood of Wafps or 

 Bees, if you dip their Heads in Biood. So is the thick 

 blood of a Sheep being half dried on a T rcncher, 

 and then cut into fuch fmall pieces as will belt jBt 

 your Hook : a little Salt will keep it from turning 

 black, and make it the better. 



Or yoD may take a handful or two of the largeft 

 and belt Wheat you can get, boil it in a little Milk till 

 it be foft, then f y it cently with Honey and a little 

 beaten Saflion dillolved in Milk. 



The ^o^c^fpavvns about the middle of May ; and 

 the general baits by which he is caught are thele:fmall 

 ivhite Snails, Bobs, Cad-baits, Sheeps blcod, all forts 

 of Worms, Gnats, Waips, Pr.llc, and Cherries. 



The way of filhing for Rc,7ch at Lo^idoK-Bndgc is 

 after this manner: In the Moneths of J//;?^, andj«- 

 iy, there is great relcrt of thofe Fifh to that place, 

 where thofe that make a trade of ittakea ftrong 

 Cord, at the end whereof is faflned a chree-pouud 

 weight ; a foot above the Lend they faften a Pack- 

 thread of twelve foot long to the Cord, and unto the 

 Packthread at convenient diftances they add a dozen 

 llrong Links of Hair with /:o^c/j Hooks at them,bait- 

 cd with a white Snail oi Perriwinkle^then holding the 

 Cord in their H?nds, the biting of the Fifh draweth 

 the Pa^kth cad, and the Packthread the Cord, which 

 admon:flieth them them what to do : whereby fome- 

 times they draw up half a dozen, fometimes Ids, but 

 commonly two or three at one draught. 



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