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found under stones and rough gravel by the margin of 

 brooks and rivers during the height of the day, when 

 they retire to repose. They are either to be attached to 

 the hook in a similar manner to the above, or otherwise 

 drawn longitudinally over the shank, but the former is 

 the best method. 



The Hue-bottle, and large house-fly, are also excellent 

 dipping-baits. We leave the former wide-awake gentle- 

 men to be obtained by the ingenuity and activity of 

 the angling enthusiast, who is willing to devote his time 

 and energies to their capture, and will consider 'him 

 fortunate, if he succeed in bagging one in twenty-four 

 hours. The latter, however, may be easily obtained in 

 any numbers, by exposing on the walls of the kitchen 

 sheets of old newspapers smeared with yellow resin dis- 

 solved by heat in rape or linseed oil ; and which, if 

 they are numerous, will presently present the appearance 

 of a rich currant cake. If a blue-bottle is used, slip a 

 very small hook through the thorax, in the same way as 

 the others : and if the house-fly, one may be slipped 

 over the shank, and another attached by the thorax. 



The wood-fly closely resembles the blue-bottle in 

 appearance, and is one of two species the one darkish 

 grey, the other black. These flies may easily be captured 

 by placing a piece of liver, or what is better, any 

 offensive carrion, in a convenient part of a wood or 

 thicket ; when swarms of them will be seen to cover it 

 in a few minutes, coming from all directions, apparently 

 attracted by the smell. When a sufficient number have 

 settled, quickly cover them with a gauze net stretched 



