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of the adjacent land, and commonly known as 

 dancing bogs, because on your getting on the 

 eminence and jumping about, if you do not sink 

 in, the crust moves up and down with your body. 

 You will find the moist parts of such bogs covered 

 with thick, coarse, white moss. This is to be kept 

 just a little moist, and the worms often changed 

 to fresh quantities. They will soon get fat and 

 tough in texture, so that when on the hcok they 

 wriggle and twist about and seldom break off, 

 which worms not so kept are apt to do. So fond 

 of this particular moss are worms, that I have 

 repeatedly put a small quantity in the midst of a 

 pot full of common green moss, in which many 

 worms had been placed, and with great rapidity - 

 every worm has found it out, and the whole of 

 them have been aggregated together to participate 

 in the rich succulence of the bog moss. I consider 

 this moss a great boon to the worm fisherman, 

 and of such practical importance to him as to 

 merit his attention. As to oils and different drugs 

 to entice fish, I can only say I never saw any 

 reason to believe in their utility, and therefore 

 have never tried them. 



The hook I use is a No. 7 Adlington, or a 

 corresponding size Limerick I think, however, 

 that the lateral twist of the Adlington is an ad- 

 vantage in worm-fishing. The hook is to be tied 

 on with red silk, which should be fine, and well 

 waxed ; the splicing is only to extend far enough 

 down the shank of the hook towards the bend, to 

 give it the necessary degree of firmness required 



