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and place a few inches of dampened moss on 

 . the bottom, and turn the worms onto it. They 

 will immediately begin to crawl down through, and, 

 in so doing, will cleanse themselves from all dirt 

 and impurity. In a few days, especially if the 

 moss is washed, and the worms picked over for 

 lame ones, they will have become almost transpar- 

 ent, and so tough they cannot be broken by hand- 

 ling or placing them on the hook. By occasionally 

 pouring a little sweet milk over them, they can be 

 kept for a long time ; and a worm so prepared will 

 live twice as long in the water, and be twice as 

 lively and attractive, as the worm dug fresh out of 

 the ground. 



I presume it is not necessary for me to tell 

 my readers where to fish for suckers. Every boy 

 knows where the fish abound in the spring of 

 the year, and the brooks where they are most 

 to be seen. This axiom stands good for fishing 

 at all times : " Go where the fish are, don't 

 expect them to come to you.-' It is precisely 

 because the boy fisherman commonly knows wJicre 

 to fish that he often beats the stranger, wise as 

 the latter may be in regard to tackle and baits, 

 and well equipped though he be with all the 

 latest fads and fancies in tackling. 



