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at a Minnow (yet fometime he will) 

 and not oft at a^,but more ufually 

 at a Worm, and then moft ufually at 

 a Lob or Garden worm, which fhould 

 be wel fcowred, that is to fay, feven 

 or eight dayes in Mofs before you 

 fi(h with them ; and if you double 

 your time of eight into fixteen, or 

 more,into twenty or more days, it is 

 ft ill the better,for the worms will ftil 

 be clearer, tougher, and more lively, 

 and continue fo longer upon your 

 hook. 



And now I {hall tell you, that 

 which may be called a fecret: I have 

 been a fifhing with old Oliver Henly 

 (now with God) a noted Fifher, 

 both for 'Trout and Salmon, and have 

 obferved that he would ufually take 

 three or four worms out of his bag 

 and put them into a little box in his 

 pocket, where he would ufually let 

 them continue half an hour or more, 

 before he would bait his hook with 

 them; I have ask'd him his reafon, 



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