The Complete Angler. 



(which fome alfo cal the Lob-worm] 

 and the Brandling are the chief; and 

 especially the firft for a great Trout, 

 and the later for a lefle. There be 

 alfo of lob-wormSyfome called Jquirel- 

 tails (a worm which has a red head, 

 a ftreakdown the back, and a broad 

 taiy which are noted to be the beft, 

 becaufe they are the tougheft, and 

 and moft lively, and live longeft in 

 the water: for you are to know, 

 that a dead worm is but a dead bait, 

 and like to catch nothing, compared 

 to a lively, quick, ftirring worm : 

 And for a Brandling, hee is ufually 

 found in an old dunghil, or fbme 

 very rotten place neer to it ; but 

 moft ufually in cow dung, or hogs 

 dung,rather then horfe dung, which 

 isfomewhattoo hot and dry for that 

 worm. 



There are alfo divers other kindes 

 of worms , which foi colour and 

 ihape alter even as the ground out 

 &f which they are got : as the mar ft- 



