CHAPTER IT. 
ON BAITS USED IN ANGLING. 
The most common Bait used in this country for ensnaring 
almost all varieties of the finny tribe that inhabit fresh water, 
is the common earth-worm, or, as it is called, dew-worm, 
dug- worm, and the angle-worm ; which latter, from its univer- 
sal use in angling, would be the most proper name. It can 
generally be obtained by digging a foot or two in the ground, 
except in sandy soils, which produce clear streams, and 
where the fly will be found the better bait. Another method, 
recommended by Blaine, is “ to walk cautiously over close 
cut lawns, or clean fed meadows, with a caudle or lantern, 
during the night. If the weather be moist, and the search be 
conducted with a very light tread, almost any quantity may 
be procured ; for as they are blind, it is not the light but the 
motion which disturbs them.” When they are not wanted 
for immediate use, a good plan is, to wet 6ome straw, or hay, 
and lay it on the ground for a few days, by which means they 
will be brought to the top, and can be easily gathered. An- 
other, and a more expeditious plan, practised by W alton, and 
others, is to tako the green leaves of the walnut-tree, and 
squeeze the juice into fresh or salt water, and pour it on the 
ground, which will make them rise in a very short time. 
The common White Grub- Worm, is also a very good bait, 
and will often tako trout when all others have failed. They 
