190 THE WHITE SAND-WORM, ETC. 



but few Lugs are found with them, as they mostly live apart 

 from each other. They are particularly useful for Atherine or 

 Sand-Smelt fishing, but are taken also by other fish. Half an 

 inch of this Worm is better than a larger piece for Atherine. A 

 white Worm is used for Whiting-catching in Wales, identical, I 

 apprehend, with this. It grows from 3 to 7 inches in length. 

 It will live a week or ten days in salt water changed daily. A 

 prejudice is held against this Worm by some fishermen, but 

 Pollack, Bream, Atherine, Wrasse (and probably other fish), 

 will all feed on it. At Dawlish, in Devon, no other bait is used 

 when whiffing for Pollack, and it is baited as shown at page 85. 



THE VARM OR SEA TAPE-WORM 



is a very large flat Worm, and an excellent bait for Whiting, 

 Pout, Bream, &c. When broken, always put the heads and 

 tails in dry sand and in different boxes. (See also p. 100.) 



THE EARTH, LOB, OR DEW- WORM. 



( Vermis terrestris). 



The use of this Worm for Pollack and Mackerel has been 

 described at p. 85, fig. 32. To procure a quantity, search on 

 grass-plots or flower-beds with a lantern on a wet evening or 

 during a heavy dew, also in a paved court after sunset. Place 

 them in a tub with some earth and plenty of moss on the top } 

 they will live a long time if you examine them occasionally, and 

 pick out those which may be dead or sickly. They are very 

 useful where Rag- Worms are not obtainable, which is the case 

 on large sections of the coast. 



THE SAND-EEL AND LAUNCE. 



(Ammodytes tobianus and Ammodytes lancea.) 



These silvery little fish, of eel-like form, are very numerous 

 on most sandy coasts, where they bury themselves during the 

 receding tide, and whence they are frequently dug out in great 

 numbers. The method of using them alive has been so fully 

 entered into under ' Pollack ' and ' Mackerel,' &c., that it is un- 



