132 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [PART I. 



salmon and too many to name, even as many sorts as some 



Worms. 



think there be of several herbs or shrubs, or of several kinds 

 of birds in the air ; of which I shall say no more. But tell 

 you, that what worms soever you fish with, are the better for 

 being well scoured, that is, long kept before they be used ; 

 and in case you have not been so provident, then, the way to 

 cleanse and scour them quickly, is to put them all night in 

 water, if they be lob-worms, and then put them into your 

 bag with fennel ; but you must not put your brandlings above 



pull up some of the flags ; shake the roots in the water ; and amongst the 

 fibres that grow from the roots, you will find little husks or cases, of a 

 reddish or yellowish colour : open these carefully with a pin, and take 

 from thence a little worm, pale and yellow, or white, like a gentle, but 

 longer and slenderer, with rows of feet down his belly, and a red head : this 

 is the dock, or flag-worm, or caddis, an excellent bait for grayling, tench, 

 bream, carp, roach, and dace. H. 



