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well corked. This will impregnate the water, and draw 

 the fish. 



To draw fish, also, take sal-ammoniac, young chives, 

 omentum, or calf's caul, of each a quarter of a pound: 

 beat them in a mortar to a consistence to make pellets, 

 and cast them into the corners of ponds ; this will draw 

 carp, chevin, or barbel. For roach and dace, wine lees 

 mixed with oil, and hung up in a chimney-corner till it 

 looks black. Or take two pounds of bran, one pound 

 of white pea-meal, and a sufficient quantity of brine to 

 bring it to a consistence, by beating it in a mortar. 

 For perch and pike, use bullock's liver, black snails, 

 blood and opoponax, beaten well. 



PART THE EIGHTH: VERMIN TRAPPING, 



FOR TAKING FOXES. 



As the destruction of foxes is sometimes a part of the 

 duty of the gamekeeper, we offer a few rules applicable 

 to it, albeit an occupation which we hold as " more 

 honoured in the breach than the observance :" 



To trap a fox in cover, make a shrape with some loose 

 moulds where the hares' paths meet, and lay some small 

 pieces of sheep's liver, broiled over wood embers, about 

 it ; draw a sheep's paunch, or oil of rhodium, on rags, 

 from it in different directions. This should be done 



