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birch, if they lay a year after they have been 

 cut down ; you may likewise find them in the 

 bodies of rotten alders if you break them 

 with an axe ; as also under the bark of a 

 decayed stump of a tree : it is a good bait 

 for a Grayling, Chub, Roach, and Dace. 

 The brandling, gilt-tail, and red worm are all 

 to be found in old dunghills, or the rotten 

 earth near them ; but the best are found in 

 tanners' yards, under the heaps of bark 

 which they throw out after they have done 

 with it. The brandling is most readily met 

 with in hogs' dung, horses' dung, and rotten 

 earth, and also in old thatch and dung. These 

 are good baits for Trout, Grayling, Sal- 

 mon-smelts. Gudgeons, Pearch, Tench, and 

 Bream, or any fish that takes a worm. 



The clap-bait, is found under cows' dung, 

 and is like a gentle, but larger. You must 

 seek for it only on such land as is ligut and 

 sandy ; it is much of the same nature with 

 the earth-bob, and may be kept in wet moss 

 for two or three days. It is an excellent 



