This is an excellent bait for a Trout, if you 

 angle with it whilst the water is discoloured by 

 rain. 



HQW TO SCOUR AND PRESERVE WORMS. 



Get a quantity of moss, the best is that which 

 is soft and white, and grows on heaths", but as 

 this is scarce to be had in some parts, in lieu of 

 it any kind that is fresh and sweet ; rinse it well 

 from the earth that hangs about, and then wring 

 it, (not too dry) ; put it into an earthen pot and 

 squeeze it down hard ; then strew the worms 

 upon it, and those that are not bruised, will soon 

 creep into the moss : those that lay at the top 

 you must pick off; cover it close that they do 

 not crawl away , and set it in a cool place in sum- 

 mer, and in winter in a warm one, which will 

 prevent the frost from killing them : change the 

 moss every fourth day in summer, and once a 

 week in winter, or at least let the old moss be 

 taken from them, washed, squeezed pretty dry, 

 and put it to them again. If you want them to 

 be quickly scoured, a little bole armoniac put to 

 them will accomplish your desire: or you may 

 put them in water for three or four hours, and 

 they will soon be scoured, yet be very weak, but 

 being put to good moss, they will speedily re- 

 cover. When the knot near the middle of the 

 brandling begins to swell, he is sick, and should 

 be thrown away : never keep your worms in 

 moss to scour them above ten days, in which 

 time they will be perfectly fit for use. 



There is another way of cleansing and pre- 

 serving a^or/ws, recommended by many anglers, 

 and is a very good one for every kind of them 

 except the tob-worm : take a piece of very coarse 



