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mental in taking a single fish, and believe them all 

 to be a wasteful and ridiculous expense. 



TO KEEP BAITS. 



Red Worms should be kept in a bag of red cloth, 

 with a handful of cropt fennel mixed with half as 

 much fresh black mould, which will preserve and 

 scour them. Keeping them in moist moss, or 

 wrapping them in a dishcloth dipped in mutton 

 suet, are also recommended. All other kind of 

 worms must be kept in the leaves of the plants they 

 feed on. 



Great White Maggots may be kept in sheep's 

 tallow. To scour these, put them in a bag with 

 sand. 



Flies may be used as they are taken ; but wasps, 

 hornets, and humble bees, when dead, should be 

 dried in an oven, their heads dipped in sheep's 

 blood, and then dried again, and kept in boxes for 

 use. 



Ant-Flies. Put some earth of the hill from 

 which they were taken into a glass bottle ; and if 

 the bottle is first rinsed with honey and water, they 

 will live longer. Roach and dace bite greedily at 

 these. 



ADVICE REGARDING BAITS. 



Fish take the baits freely which the seasons afford ; 

 when therefore you angle, beat about the bushes 

 near you, and make use of whatever flies you find 

 there, and imitate them with an artificial fly* 

 Notice also what worms or insects fit for baits 

 infest the leaves and grass, or are in the water, and 

 if you use these you may expect good sport. 



