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often fufficient to fliew them a lure, which confifts 

 of a piece of tin or lead, coarfely made in the form 

 of a fifh, but which muft be of a fhining colour. 

 The lure is fometimes no more than a fcrap of 

 cloth of fome bright colour ; but it often happens, 

 that they will not bite at fuch baits, on which ac- 

 count the fifhermen offer them baits of falt-meat, 

 or lard, or of fait mackrels, or herrings. But as 

 foon as they take any cod, they ufe their hearts, 

 or bloody jaws, or even the entrails, for baits. 

 They fometimes apply the heads and even the 

 flefti of fome fmall cod to this purpofe, but never 

 the liver, which they lay a part, to make oil of. 



Although cod-fifh devour one another, there are 

 however, other kinds of fifh, that they are m'uch 

 fonder of, fuch as mackrels, herrings, pilchards, 

 and all forts of fliell fifh ; but as the moft part 

 of baits of this kind are fcarce, the fifliers fome- 

 times ufe, after having baited the hook with the 

 ofials of cod-fifh, to add a little bit of them, at 

 the point of the hook. 



Whenever they have delicate baits of that 

 kind, the cod rufh on in fuch numbers, that the 

 veffels, which have no other baits but the offals 

 of cod-fifh, are obliged to take another pofition 

 diftant from that, where the good baits are ufed. 

 When they find any fifli in the cod's ftomach, that 

 is not digefled, they make ufe of it for baits, and 

 they are almoft certain that it will turn out well. 



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