40 ANGLING IMPROVED. 



10. Bark-worms are found under the bark of an 

 oak, ash, alder, and birch, especially if they lie a year or 

 more after they have fallen, you may find a great white 

 worm, with a brown head, something* resembling a dore 

 bee, or humble-bee, this is in season all the year, especi- 

 ally from September until June, or mid-May; the Um- 

 ber covets this bait above any, save fly, and cad-bait ; 

 you may also find this worm in the body of a rotten al- 

 der, if you break it with an axe or beetle ; but be careful 

 only to shake the tree in pieces with beating, and crush 

 not the worm : you may also find him under the bark of 

 the stump of a tree, if decayed. 



11. Dry your wasps, dores, or bees, upon a tile- 

 stone, or in an oven cooled after baking, lest they burn ; 

 and to avoid that, you must lay them on a thin board or 

 chip, and cover them with another so supported, as not 

 to crush them, or else clap two cakes together: this 

 way they will keep long, and stick on your hook well. 

 If you boil them hard, they grow black in a few days. 



12. Dry your sheep's blood in the air, upon a dry 

 board, till it become a pretty hard lump ; then cut it into 

 small pieces for your use. 



13. When you use grain, boil it soft, and get off 

 the outward rind, which is the bran ; and then if you will, 

 you may fry the same in honey and milk, or some strong 

 scented oils, as polypody, spike, ivy, turpentine ; for 

 Nature, which maketh nothing in vain, hath given the 

 fish nostrils, and that they can smell, is undeniable j and 

 I ain persuaded, more guided by the sense of smelling, 

 than sight, for sometimes they will come to the float, if 



