224 *The Complete Angler. 



you may breed and keep Gentle 

 thus: Take a piece of beafts liver 

 and with a crofs {lick, hang it in 

 fome corner over a pot or barrel half 

 full of dry clay, and as the Gentles 

 grow big, they wil fall into the bar- 

 rel and fcowre themfelves, and be 

 alwayes ready for ufe whenfoever 

 you iacline to fifh; and thefe Gen- 

 tles may be thus made til after Mi- 

 chaelmas : But if you defire to keep 

 Gentles to fiih with all the yeer, 

 then get a dead Cat or a Kite, and 

 let it be fly-blowne, and when the 

 Gentles begin to be alive and toftir, 

 then bury it and them in moift earth, 

 but as free from froft as you can, and 

 thefe you may dig up at any time 

 when you intend to ufe them; thefe 

 wil laft till March, and about that 

 time turn to be flies. 



But if you be nice to fowl your 

 fingers (which good Anglers fel- 

 dome are) then take this bait : Get 

 a handful of well made Mault, and 



put 



