if the angler pleases, with vermilion, red ochre, or 

 turmeric, accordingly as it may be wanted red or 

 yellow; and if he be a believer in the efficacy of 

 scents to allure fish, he may add to his composition 

 a few drops of anniseed, or any other oil, for the 

 learned in these matters have not yet agreed what 

 particular kind of oil is best. 



Minnows, gudgeons, small roach, and dace, for 

 dead bait, are best carried amongst bran, in a tin box 

 divided lengthways into three partitions, as may be 

 seen in some cigar cases, to prevent them rubbing 

 against each other. This is a much better mode 

 than carrying them in a damp cloth, which renders 

 them soft, sloppy, and good for nothing. 



Ground-bait for chub, roach, dace, and barbel, may 

 consist of small balls of clay, bran, crumb of bread, 

 with gentles, or greaves, cut into small pieces, worked 

 up together and thrown into the water. G-reaves are 

 refuse animal matter from which all the fat has been 

 extracted by boiling, and may be had of the tallow- 

 chandlers. Sometimes it is advisable to bait the 

 ground the night before. Blood from the slaughter- 

 house, bullock's brains, and other kinds of garbage, 

 are used by certain "brother bobs," to collect the fish 

 round their "swim." This style of angling ought to 

 be left to the uninterrupted enjoyment of butchers' 

 boys, who are familiar with the blood-kit and lay-stall, 

 knackers, nightmen, and such gentry as the em- 

 ployers of Burke and Hare, and Bishop and Wil- 

 liams. When fish and those of the most worthless 



