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Assuming, then, that a man, a horse, or a dog, could 

 not possibly remain alive more than one minute if im- 

 paled through the whole extent of the body in the same 

 manner as a worm is upon a hook, from the intensity of 

 the agony alone, it follows as a matter of calculation 

 that the degree of pain felt by a worm cannot be greater 

 than one-sixtieth part of what would be endured by the 

 former, since we find it is capable of retaining its vitality 

 in this situation at least for one hour. The degree 

 of pain, then, suffered by it must be comparatively 

 insignificant. 



WORMS. 



Voluminous lists of different kinds and species of 

 worms are enumerated by different authors. But as 

 many of them turn out to be the same worm in different 

 stages of growth, or found in different situations, it would 

 only be a waste of time and space to notice them all. 

 The following list, however, will embrace those that 

 are accessible and suitable for every possible occasion. 

 Although every sort of worm or grub will be taken 

 with more or less avidity by fish, yet it would be useless 

 to describe baits which will be found more difficult to 

 obtain than even the fish themselves, and too tender, 

 perhaps, on the hook after we get them. It may, no 

 doubt, happen that some varieties may be taken more 

 freely than others, and I will take care to confine my 

 observations to such as experience has proved to be the 

 most tempting to the fish, the easiest to obtain, and the 

 toughest and longest-lived upon the hook. 



