PRACTICAL ESSAY. 



105 



POCKET-BOOK. 



Before use they should be scoured by being kept in clean damp 

 moss for several days. This makes them brighter and tougher. 

 The varieties of worms are as follows : 



The lob-worm is the large worm common in garden soils. The 

 easiest method of obtaining a quantity is to go into the garden after 

 dark with a light, and if after a shower of rain so much the better. 

 You must move very gently, and you will see numbers lying 

 stretched at full length on the earth or grass. Press your finger 

 suddenly on their tails, and then you can pick them up easily. If 

 you attempt to catch hold of any other part of them, they with- 

 draw themselves into their holes, tails first, with great rapidity. 



The red worm is pink in colour, and is smaller than the lob- 

 worm. It is found in heaps of manure or decaying vegetable 

 matter. 



The brandling is a yellow worm ringed with red, and is found in 

 dung-heaps and tan-heaps. It is a nasty-smelling worm to handle, 

 but a very killing bait. 



If moss is not procurable for scouring worms, tea-leaves are an 

 excellent makeshift. 



Wasp grubs, or the larvae of the wasp found in its subterraneous 

 nests, are a most excellent bait, especially for trout and chub. They 

 should be half dried or baked in a slow oven or before the fire, and 

 kept in a cool place on dry straw, where they will keep good for a 

 long time. 



