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of the water at night, leaving one end of the cord 

 tied to a peg of wood in the bank. Next morning, 

 as soon as it is light, quickly draw the bundle of 

 hay out, and you will find many eels sticking fast 

 to the sides of the hay. * 



To bring fish to the place you desire. 

 Boil some barley in clean water ; when it bursts, 

 put liquorice, a little soft wax, and some honey to 

 it, and beat all together in a mortar into a stiff paste ; 

 then boil about the quantity of a walnut of this 

 paste with a quart of barley, till it becomes like 

 glue. Lay it for ground bait, and all the fish will 

 come to it. 



Another method of collecting fish together. 

 Fasten corks round the mouth of a glass globe, 

 so that it will not sink when sufficient water is put 

 into it to weigh it down to the corks ; then make 

 a hole in the middle of a bung, and place a lighted 

 candle in it, stick four skewers into the bung in 

 such a manner as to keep it in the middle of the 

 globe. This must be used in the dark, when the 

 light shining through the water will attract the fish, 

 which will play about the globe. 



A. humorous plan of catching pike. 

 A humorous way to catch a pike is, to take a 

 goose, a gander, or a duck : tie a pike- line under 

 the left wing, and over the right wing, round the 

 body, as a soldier wears his belt; turn it into a 

 pond in which there are pike ; in a short time, it 

 is most likely that the bait will be taken, when you 

 will see some sport between the bird and the fish, 

 as neither will feel pleased with such a close _ac 

 luaintance. 



