74 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



being alive in the balls will, when loosened 

 by the water, move and twist about, which 

 tempts the fish to feed upon them ; but the 

 worms that you angle with being of a supe- 

 rior kind, they will, on sight of them, leave 

 those in the clay and seize yours with the 

 greatest eagerness. When you have thus 

 brought them upon their feed, you may have 

 sport with them till they are nearly all de- 

 stroyed ; but give them time to swallow the 

 bait, for if you should suffer two or three to 

 escape after being hooked, it is ten to one 

 but they all leave off bititig, as by one con- 

 sent, and perhaps quit the place. It is 

 pleasant sometimes to see seven or eight of 

 these fish, rising after the one that has taken 

 ^our bait, nearly to the top of the water, 

 seemingly anxious for the fate of their com- 

 pahion, or perhaps in hopes of taking the 

 bait from him, which it is not possible to de-* 

 termine; how r ever beware of letting your 

 prey go in this situation, or you may seek 

 out for a fresh biting place. 



