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that a necessity exists for duly proportioning the quantity 

 of ground I- ait to the supposed quantity of mouths to be 

 fed 5 and it is far better to err on the side of scarcity, so 

 as to leave no surplus, when you intend to angle within 

 a day after the ground-bait has been thrown in. 



For, if any be left, it is a great chance but the fishes 

 have glutted, and will dceline your worm, however 

 highly it may be prepared. On the other hand, provided 

 you have abundance of gronnd-lait, and wish to attract 

 the fishes to any particular spot for several days before 

 you angle, it is best to afford them all you think they 

 can destroy in the first instance ; and gradually to abate 

 the quantity, leaving the place quite Jin baited at the time 

 you go to angle, or, at furthest, only using malt-grains, 

 or clay-lalls. 



The angler will find his trouble amply rewarded, if, 

 whenever he is about to put up his tackle at the side of a 

 baited hole, he would look over his worms, and throw 

 in ail such as appear to be flabby, or wanting in vigour : 

 such will never make him good baits, and they tend in 

 some measure to induce the fishes to bite at the same 

 kinds of worms when on the hooks ; but this should be 

 done rather sparingly, and such worms ought previously 

 to be broken into pieces, so as not to appear equally 

 tempting with those of the same kind which you reserve 

 for your hook. 



And if a small quantity of ground- baits can be conve- 

 niently taken out with die angler, for the purpose of 

 being thrown in when he may have done fishing, it will 

 save some trouble, and probably secure him some sport 

 during the ensuing day j but this must depend entirely 

 on circum stances appertaining to locality, weather, &c. 



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