104 OBSERVATIONS 



an oyster barrel with a leather strap nailed 

 acrofs the top, will be useful to put them 

 in, when you have got as many as are neces- 

 sary, having ready a good quantity oi inols, 

 wet with rain or dew, put it into a large 

 pipkin, or other earthen vefsel, proportioned 

 to the quantity of worms, laying it regular- 

 ly, and forcing it down with your hands, 

 strew the worms on the surface, such as are 

 not injured will soon creep into the mofs, 

 and those that do not, must the next morn- 

 ing be picked off and thrown away ; it will 

 be necefsary to look at them every three or 

 four days, to pick out the dead ones, and 

 they will require fresh mofs, at least once a 

 week, or you may wash the mofs they were 

 in, squeezing out the water with your hands ; 

 they must be set in a cool place, in summer, 

 and with this care, they will keep a month, 

 be clean, tough, and fit to fish with. 



Small worms. There are many kinds of 

 small worms (naturalists reckon upwards ot 

 two hundred) but out of this numerous 



