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small shot a few inches from the hook, using a 

 very small goose-quill float. The best baits are 

 well-scoured red worms and brandlings, mag- 

 gots, wasp-grubs, and the green worms found 

 upon bushes and cabbage leaves ; this last is 

 excellent, and is a more natural bait for them 

 than any other; they are also partial to the white 

 pieces selected from chandlers' greaves, which 

 should be softened by soaking in warm water 

 a short time before they are used. If conveni- 

 ent, the angler should, a few hours before he 

 commence his operations, throw in either of 

 these ground-baits: procure fresh grains and 

 lob-worms cut in pieces, with a little bran and 

 greaves, mixed together ; or a few slices of 

 white bread with treacle or honey spread there- 

 on ; by this means, if thrown in over night, he 

 will have a great chance of success at day- 

 break next morning. 



The following pastes are considered good for 

 taking Carp ; take the boiled flesh of a rabbit, 

 cut small and beaten in a mortar, adding there- 

 to a little flour and honey ; or, crumbs of white 

 bread and honey made into a paste ; this last is 

 equally good, and more easily made than the 

 former; and, to make it stick upon the hook, 

 you may mix with it a little white cotton wool. 

 When angling with paste the bait must be near, 

 but never on, the bottom ; striking immediately 



