The Compleat ^Angler 



beguile this crafty fish, should be thrown in the pond or place in 

 which you fish for him some hours, or longer, before you undertake 

 your trial of skill with the angle-rod ; and doubtless if it be thrown 

 into the water a day or two before, at several times, and in small 

 pellets, you are the likelier, when you fish for the carp, to obtain 

 your desired sport. Or, in a large pond, to draw them to a certain 

 place, that they may the better and with more hope be fished for, 

 you are to throw into it, in some certain place, either grains or blood 

 mixed with cow-dung, or with bran ; or any garbage, as chickens' 

 guts or the like ; and then some of your small sweet pellets with 

 which you purpose to angle : and these small pellets being a few of 

 them also thrown in as you are angling, will be the better. 



And your paste must be thus made : take the flesh of a rabbit or 

 cat cut small ; and bean flour ; and if that may not be easily got, get 

 other flour ; and then mix these together, and put to them either 

 sugar, or honey, which I think better ; and then beat these together 

 in a mortar, or sometimes work them in your hands (your hands 

 being very clean) ; and then make it into a ball, or two, or three, as 

 you like best, for your use ; but you must work or pound it so long 

 in the mortar as to make it so tough as to hang upon your hook, 

 without washing from it, yet not too hard ; or, that you may the 



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