8 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



Are variously compounded, according to the 

 angler's fancy, but there should always be a little 

 cotton, wool, fine lint, or flax, to keep the parts 

 together, that \vash not off the hooks ; the fol- 

 lowing compositions make very good pastes : 



The blood of sheeps' hearts mixed with honey 

 and flour, and worked to a proper consistence : 

 old cheese grated, a little butter, sufficient ta 

 \rork it, and coloured with saffron. In winter, 

 fat rusty bacon instead of butter. Crumbs of 

 bread, worked with honey, and moistened with 

 gum-ivy water. The inside of a French roll, or 

 crumbs of bread, worked well with clean hands 

 with water alone. What fishes each of these 

 pastes are proper for, the reader will find under 

 the description of each fish, therefore I shall 

 only make the following observations concerning 

 pastes, which may be of use to young anglers, 

 because founded on experience; iNote, that in 

 September, and all the winter months, when you 

 angle for chubs, carps, and breams, with paste, 

 let the bait be as large as a hazle-nut ; but for 

 roach and dace, the bigness of a pea is sufficient : 

 choose a still place, use a quil float, a small hook, 

 and strike at the first biting of the fish. 



When you wish to have your paste of a yel- 

 low colour, use a little Tumierick\ when of a 

 flesh, or salmon colour, Vermillion or Red-had* 



BAITS SINGULARLY KILLING TO FISU WITH* 



S keeps' blood, placed on a trencher till it becomes 

 pretty hard, then cut into small pieces propor- 

 tioned to the size of the hook ; put a little salt 



