HOW TO CATCH LOR WORMS BY NIGHT. 



CHAPTEE III 



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EELS AND EEL BOBBING 



IN Broadland the natives use the provincialism "bab" and 

 " to go a babbing," but as the sport is generally known by 

 the name of "bobbing" the author has used that term in 

 preference. 



Bobbing is practised by almost every native of East 

 Anglia living near to any of her waterways. The spring 

 is the most favourable time, and it is a fishing which is 

 conducted generally by night. When a bobbing excursion 

 is contemplated, the bobs are the first requisite, and these 

 must be used fresh if success is to be assured. A large 

 quantity of lob worms are necessary to make a good bob. 

 They (the worms) are kept in an ordinary flower-pot or 

 similar utensil, with some damp moss and a little earth in 

 which they can burrow. Worsted yarn is used, and the 



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