172 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [PART I. 



at a marsh-worm, or a lob-worm ; he inclines very much to 

 any paste with which tar is mixed, and he will bite also at a 

 smaller worm, with his head nipped off, and a cod-worm put on 

 the hook before that worm ; and I doubt not but that he will 

 also in the three hot months, for in the nine colder he stirs not 

 much, bite at a flag-worm, or at a green gentle, but can posi- 

 tively say no more of the Tench, he being a fish that I have not 

 often angled for, but I wish my honest Scholar may, and be 

 ever fortunate when he fishes. 



