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fcait for a Trout, and every other fish will 

 take it. 



The cod-bait, cadis-zvorm,&r\d straw-worm, 

 are only different names for the same bait : 

 they are found in pits, ponds, brooks, and 

 ditches, and are covered with husks of sticks, 

 straws, or rushes ; they are very good baits 

 for Trout, Grayling, Carp, Tench, Bream, 

 Chub, Roach, Dace, Salmon-smelts, and 

 Bleak. The green sort are found in March, 

 the yellow in May, and a third sort in Au- 

 gust ; those covered with rushes are always 

 green, and those with stones usually yellow, 

 all the season. 



The earth-bob, or white-grub^ is a worm 

 with a red head, as large as two maggots, and 

 is soft, and full of whitish guts ; it is found 

 in a light sandy soil, and may be gathered 

 after the plough, when the land is first broke 

 up from grazing : you may know in what 

 ground to find them by the crows, as they 

 will follow the plough very close where those 



