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the winter. Those bred in summer will soon sink into 

 a torpid state among the sand and bran, and assume the 

 imago state as aforesaid ; but those produced in the 

 autumn will continue in the larvae or maggot condi- 

 tion all the winter, provided they can shelter themselves 

 under the surface of the earth, and only change into 

 carrion flies when the genial weather of the ensuing 

 spring calls them forth ; thus transmitting the species 

 from one season to another. 



Maggots, or gentles, as they are often called, are an 

 alluring bait for trout in still waters, or when they are 

 low in the heats of summer, and are universal favourites 

 with most predaceous fish. 



The method of applying them to the hook and of 

 angling with them is precisely the same as that directed 

 for caddies. The hook used must be a very small fly 

 one, round in the bend, and armed with a bristle as for 

 the last-mentioned baits. 



I may here mention, that fish in a pond may be con- 

 veniently fed during all the summer months, by suspend- 

 ing pieces of liver on the branches of trees overhanging 

 the margin, so as to breed successive crops of maggots, 

 which will drop into it as they come to maturity. 



CATERPILLARS. 



Caterpillars, or Palmer Worms, of all kinds, are 

 voraciously devoured by fish, and form excellent baits 

 in still quiet waters. There are numerous species of 

 these larvae, of all sizes and colours, from the gigantic 



