BATTING. 



BEE BAIT. 



For bee bait — take the oil of fennel and amber, and oil of rhodi- 

 am ; &n equ^l proportion of these and put about two drops to a 

 pound of strained honey, and boil about one g-ill of ch mber lie, and 

 put it in with it ; put into the box grudj^eons of comb and two or 

 three pieces of comb. The oil of white oak acorn is supposed to 

 be superior, put in an equal proportion with the others, if you can 

 get it. 



This is an English art of hunting* the bee, and is superior to our 

 common way ; for the bee will be fond of this box ; whereas he 

 would desert the other box, prepared in the common manner, and 

 go to the flowers. When you line the bee, wait till he comes back 

 three or four times then he will go straight from the box, 



FISH BAIT. 



For catching fish— one half ounce the oil of fennel to four drops of 

 the oilof rhodiam,and fibouttwenty drops of the oii ofambe',and mix 

 them together in a bottle and cork it tight, and drop a small drop 

 on or into the bait. 



This is an English art of fishing, and has caused the fish to bite 

 at the hook thus fixed, when they would not meddle with any oth- 

 er in the company. 



FOX BAIT. 



For fox bait — the oil of amber, one ounce, and ten or fifteen drops 

 of the oil of rhodiamT-mix them together, and apply it to the trap 

 and bed, or on a stump or stake. 



Make the bed of sif'ed chaff, about the bigness of a riddling 

 seive or hogshead head ; do not spit nor make water about your 

 bed, nor step all about it. Blot out some of your tracks if neces- 

 sary — put two or three pieces of old iron into your bed when you 

 first make it, and the fox will not be afra;d. 



The pieces that you put en your bed should be fine ; toasted 

 cheese and toasted liver is g vod, and the insides of fowls and 

 creatures is sometimes used. The liver of swine toasted, .'3 the 

 best kind of bait for them ; if you rub this toasted on the bottom 

 of your shoes, when you go to the bed, ihefox wilFfollow the track 

 to the bed. Nuxvomity,melted or oihprwise,put on to 'he bottom 

 of your shoes will produce the same efic-ct. Melt a good portion 

 of this nuxvomity, if you see fit \o poison them to death, and dip 

 some large pieces of bait in it, an! they will eat it and will seldom 

 get more than forty rods when they will die — but if you please 

 to take them as above direcird, clean your ^rapof all rust or blood 

 and smoke it thoroughly by putting h ha idful of hog*» scraps on, a 

 shovel of coals, and hold the t'ap over the smoke, and be carefiil 

 when you sit it or carry it to the bed not to get the smok^ off. 

 This is preferable to any other way of fixmg the trap. 



PIGEO.Y BAIT. 



Pigeon bait — Sassafras tree bark ofi* the root, and buds and ber- 

 ries—boil then) well and soak the wheat m the water^ to draw the 

 pigeons. 



The oil of w^hite oak acorn is supposed to be superior to any 

 thing, if a right use be made thereof, to dri*w them untl w,nier. 



for pigeon bait, one hali an ounce of the oil »f fennel, four drops 



