Line, a small hook, and a few 



small red worms. Let him have a "bait-kettle with 

 him to put the minnows into, and tell him to take 

 them gently, off the hook. If it be likely to rain, 

 and he a delicate youth, do not allow him to go to 

 the water-side without an umbrella. 



LOACH. 



Though the loach is commonly mentioned among 

 the "baits for pike, yet we never knew any person 

 who ever used one for that purpose, nor indeed for 

 any other. They may be caught in the same man- 

 ner as minnows, though they are by no means so 

 ready to take a bait. They are found in shallow 

 streams, and boys mostly catch them with their 

 hands. They are a very tender fish, and, if roughly 

 handled, soon die. 



BULL-HEAD, OK MILLER'S THUMB. 

 The miller's thumb is never angled for expressly, 

 but is sometimes caught with the bait intended for 

 other fish. We have seen this fish frequently so 

 caught, but never knew it used as bait, nor as food 

 for either "beast or body." 



EEL. 



Eels are not often angled for, though they are 

 frequently caught when bottom-fishing with worms 

 for trout, to the great annoyance of the angler, who 

 generally makes short work of them by setting his 



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