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borrowed it from old Izaak Walton, I ground-baited 

 the place next day from a punt with a piece of 

 weighted turf, the size of a large pie-dish, and, to 

 the short blades of grass, sewed as many red worms 

 as were necessary to conceal it. This I left for two 



THE MOAT, VALUING VICARAGE. 



clays, and, after taking the exact depth with a plum- 

 met, I stole to the spot early in the morning with 

 two rods and the finest of tackle, the bait for one 

 being a scoured red-worm, and for the other a 

 well selected liver gentle. Soon one of the little 

 floats began to bob and curtsy, and finally dis- 



