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and he has replied,//^ did but pick the 

 beft out to be in a readinefs again/I be 

 baited his hook the next time : But he 

 has been obferved both by others, 

 and my felf,to catch more iifh then 

 I or any other body, that has ever 

 gone afifhingwith liim,could do,e~ 

 fpecially Salmons; and I have been 

 told lately by one of his rnoft inti- 

 mate and fecret friends, that the box 

 in which he put thofe worms was a- 

 noin ted with a drop, or two, or three 

 of the Oil ofSvy-6erries 9 madeby ex- 

 preffion or infufion, and that by the 

 wormes remaining in that box art 

 hour, or a like time, they had incor- 

 porated a kindof fmelthat was irre- 

 fiftibly attradlive,enough to force a- 

 ny fifh, within the fmel of them, to 

 bite. This I heard not long fince 

 from a friend, but have not tryed it; 

 yet I grant it probable, and refer my 

 Reader to Sir Francis Bacons Natu- 

 ral Hiftory, where he proves fifhes 

 may hear ; and I am certain Gejner 



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