BAITS USED IN ANGLING. 



summer proves a very dry one, they may be 

 forced out of their holes with the liquor pro- 

 duced by bruising walnut-tree leaves in water : 

 the best of these are those who have a red head, 

 a streak down the back, and a broad tail, from 

 which they derive the name of squirrel tails. 



This is a principal worm for Salmon, Chub, 

 Trout) Barbel^ and Eels. 



BRANDLINGS, GILT-TAILS, AND RED 

 WORMS, 



Found in old dunghills, rotten earth, cows dung, 

 hogs dung ; but the best are those to be met 

 with in tanners bark after it is thrown by. 



These, especially the two first, are for Trouts, 

 Grayling, Salmon-smelts, Gudgeari, Perch, Tench, 

 and Bream-, the three last take the red-worm, 

 well-scoured, exceedingly well. 



MARSH, OR 



Found in marshy ground, or the fertile banks 

 of rivers ; are a little blueish, require more 

 scouring than the brandling or gilt-tail, and are 

 taken from Candlemas until Michaelmas. 



This is a choice worm in March, April, and 

 September, for Trout, Salmon-smelts, Gudgeon, 

 Grayling, Flounder, Bream, and Perch. 



TAG TAIL 9 



Found in marled lands, or meadows after a 

 shower of rain, or early in the morning in 

 March or April, if the weather is mild and tem- 

 perate ; and is a most excellent bate, 



