THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



way for five or six weeks. The angler should always 

 return to the store any worms he may have left over after 

 a day's fishing, when they will freshen up again. Keep 

 the store vessel in a cool place. A novel mode of getting a 

 supply of worms may be mentioned here, as it has been 

 tried with success. Choose any spot in garden or field 

 likely to contain them. Drive a spade into the ground, 

 and, using the shaft as a lever, rock backwards and for- 

 wards, and in a minute or so all the worms w r ithin two 

 yards of the spade will be seen emerging from the soil, 

 hastening to escape the unusual disturbance. They can 

 be picked up clean and bright, quite superior in appearance 

 to what they would be if dug out in the usual manner. 

 When no more worms appear, withdraw the spade and 

 renew operations a short distance off, and in a quarter of 

 an hour, if weather and ground be favourable, many dozens 

 may be procured, and in a comparatively easy manner. 



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