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two pounds of the crumb of bread, two days old, a quart of 

 bran, and three pints of pollard. Let the bread absorb 

 as much cold water as it will, and then knead in the 

 bran and pollard, working the whole into a stiff hard 

 paste. 



In making up the ground-bait into balls, you 

 must be guided by the rapidity of the stream they are 

 intended for, being made large or small in proportion 

 to that. Where it is both deep and rapid, it is well 

 to put a stone into the centre of each of the balls, to 

 sink them at once, and thus prevent them from being 

 carried out of your swim. 



Clay and bran mixed together, and made into small 

 balls, may be used for roach, dace, and bleak. 



Carrion gentles, or worms cut into pieces, are some- 

 times used with great success, while angling in still 

 waters. They may be thrown in by spoonfuls, or be 

 made up with bran and clay into balls. 



