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the surface of the earth in great quantities ; or they 

 may be procured by digging in any place where 

 manure has laid for any length of time ; they may 

 also be got by infusing bruised walnut-tree leaves, 

 or salt, in water, and strewing it upon the ground ; 

 they then soon come to the surface. These worms 

 are good baits for Salmon, Trout, Barbel, Eels, 

 and large Perch ; they are particularly adapted for 

 laying night-lines for Eels during the summer 

 months. 



BED WORMS are a smaller species of lobworms, 

 and are usually found in similar places, or in old 

 rotten dunghills; they are an excellent bait when 

 taken from a good dry loamy soil, being then of a 

 strong red colour throughout. Some red worms 

 are more yellow than others towards their tails, and 

 which are generally to be preferred. These are the 

 most killing worms of any for Carp, Tench, Barbel, 

 Chub, Dace, Perch, Trout, Eels, Gudgeons, Bream, 

 &c. Too much praise cannot be given to red 

 worms, indeed hardly any fish will refuse them, 

 especially during spring, autumn, and winter. 



BRANDLINGS are striped with red and yellow- 

 across the whole body, they are chiefly found in 

 dunghills where the dung of horses, cows, and pigs 



