84 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



ing forth their young alive : I have myself 

 opened numbers, and have found within 

 many of them a small, soft, whitish substance, 

 knotted together very curiously ; which, upon 

 examination, appeared when separated, to be 

 perfect small Eels, capable of moving, though 

 some of them were no thicker than a very 

 fine needle. 



They may be caught by several sorts of 

 baits, but principally with powdered beef, 

 lob-worms, minnows, hen-guts, and gar- 

 bage of fish ; but some prefer a pride, or 

 lamprey, to every other kind of bait. 



As Eels abscond in winter, taking up their 

 constant residence in mud, without stirring 

 out for four or five months, so in the sum- 

 mer they take delight to, be abroad in the 

 day, at which time they^will feed, if the 

 water be thick : but the most proper time to 

 take them is in the night, fastening your line 

 to the bank side, with your hooks laying in 

 the water ; or you may throw a strong line 



