( ae ) 
but in Auguft and September, the proper bait is good cheefe, 
pounded in a mortar with fome faffron and a little butter. 
Some make pafte of cheefe and Venice turpentine for the Chub 
in winter, at which feafon the fifh is better than at any 
other; the bones are lefs troublefome in this feafon, and the 
flefh’more firm and better tafted. The roe is alfo generally 
Well flavoured. ie angler muft keep his bait for this fifh at 
the’ bottém in’ cold weather, and near the top in hot.” The 
fith will bite eafily. 
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