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Jl hook to take a Fox, tied to a tree or Gibbet. 



This hook is made of large wire, and turns on 

 a swivel like the collar of a greyhound ; it is fre- 

 quently used in catching wolves, but oftener to 

 the fox. They hang it from the ground so high 

 that he must leap to catch it; and bait it with 

 flesh, liver, cheese, &c. and if you run a trail 

 with a sheep's paunch, as before directed, it will 

 draw him the more easily to the bait 

 To take an Otter. 



Otters are great destroyers of fish, and will 

 travel in a night ten or twelve miles; they lie un- 

 der the roots of trees near the water; some take 

 them with snares, others with spears, and some 

 with hunting dogs. 



To kill them, lay near their haunts an eel slit 

 on the back, with some few corns of ratsbane 

 put in the slit, then sew it up again; place the 

 eel from the navel upwards out of the water, and 

 he will eat it so far, but seldom farther, and it cer- 

 tainly kills him. 



Birds are no annoyance to the farmer, or gar- 

 dens, for they destroy more caterpillars, slugs, 

 snails and other vermin, -that do ten times more 

 mischief than they do. 



Fish. 



Your baits must smell well, such are anni-. 

 seeds, juice of panaca and cummin; 2dly, taste 

 well, as hog's blood and wheat bread; Sdly, be 

 intoxicating, as aqua vitee, lees of wine, &c. and 

 lastly, make them senseless, as marigold flowers, 

 which astonishes them, so doth all yellow flow- 

 ers, and lime clithimal, nox vomica, and nothing 

 better than coclus indice. 



Eels. 



Take sea stonewort an ounce^ sea onions one 



