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places where you intend to fifh for 

 him with big worms cut into pieces; 

 and Gentles (not being too much 

 fcowred,but green) are a choice bait 

 for him, and fo is cbeefe, which is 

 not to be too hard, but kept a day 

 or two in a wet linnen cloth tc make 

 it tough ; with this you may alfo 

 bait the water a day or two before 

 you fifh for the Barbel, and be much 

 the likelier to catch ftore; and if the 

 cheefe were laid in clarified honey 

 a fhort time before (as namely, an 

 hour or two) you were ftill the like- 

 lier to catch fifh ; fome have dire- 

 cted to cut the cheefe into thin pie- 

 ces, and tofte it, and then tye it on 

 the hook with fine Silk : and fome 

 advife to fifh for the Barbell with 

 Sheeps tallow and foft cheefe beaten 

 or work'd into a Pafte, and that it 

 is choicely good in Augujl ; and I 

 believe it : but doubtlefs the Lob- 

 worm well fcoured, and the Gentle 

 not too much fccwred, and cheefe 



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