00 ANGLING IMPROVED. 



with clay and bran in it, into which they will drop, and 

 cleanse themselves in it. 



5. Cad-bait cannot endure the wind and cold, 

 therefore keep them in a thick woollen bag 1 , with some 

 gravel amongst them : wet them once a day, at least, if 

 in the house, but often in the hot weather : when you 

 carry them forth, fill the bag full of water, then hold the 

 mouth close, that they drop not out, and so let the 

 water run from them; I have thus kept them three 

 weeks, or you may put them into an earthern pot full 

 of water, with some gravel at the bottom, and take 

 them forth into your bag as you use them. 



6. The spawn of some fish is a good bait, to be 

 used at such time as that fish is spawning : some days 

 before they spawn they will bite eagerly ; if you take 

 one that is full-bellied, take out the spawn, boil it so 

 hard as to stick on your hook, and so use it ; or not boil 

 it at all, the spawn of SALMON is the best of all sorts of 

 spawn. 



7. I have observed, that CHEVIN, ROACH, and 



bite much better at the oak-worm, or any worm bred 

 on herbs and trees, especially if you angle with the 



