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the nature of the water will allow, or you have 

 little chance of taking Carp. They will begin 

 to feed in rivers, the latter end of February, if 

 the weather is mild, from which time till the 

 end of April they generally bite more free than 

 at any other part of the season, which goes 

 out with October. The best bait (particu- 

 larly at the first of the season) is well scoured 

 red worms ; in the summer, gentles and paste : 

 I frequently bait my hook with a red worm, 

 and a gentle at the point, and with much 

 success. Paste made with honey, as follows, 

 will be found a killing bait for Carp towards 

 the autumn : take the crumb of new-baked 

 bread, dip it in honey, and work it well to- 

 gether you may use a piece nearly as large 

 as a marble for a bait ; when fishing with this 

 bait in still water, the Carp will suck in the 

 paste so sly, that without you keep a watchful 

 eye, your bait will be gone without your dis- 

 covering a bite. In fishing for Carp, keep as 

 far from the water as you can, and, if con- 

 venient, you should ground bait the place you 



