me appropriate Baits
according to the Month, but I shall Omit that; The _Chub_ (being best
and in his Prime in the Winter) a Paste made of Cheese, and Turpentine,
is the only Bait to take him.

The _Carp_ is subtle, and full of Policy, will never bite in Cold
Weather, but in Hot you cannot be too Early, or too Late. In _March_, he
seldom refuseth the _Red-worm_, in _June_ the _Cad_ bait and the three
next Months the _Grass-hopper_: Pastes that are sweet, of which I have
spoken before, are very delightful to _Carps_: And especially, if you
Bait your ground two or three dayes before you angle, with Pellets of
course Paste, _Chickens-guts_, _Garbage_, &c. _Gentles_ anointed, and a
Piece of _Scarlet_ dipt in _Honey_, put them on the Hook, is an approved
way.

The _Dace_, _Dare_, _Rudd_, and _Roach_, being much of a kind, and
feeding, I shall put together, and are easily taken with small Worms,
_Bobs_, _Cad-baits_, _Flies_, _Sheeps-Blood_, all sorts of Worms bred on
Trees or Herbs, _Paste_, _Wasps_, _Gnats_, _Lipberries_, &c. The Heads
of the _Wasps_, being dipt in Blood, is good for _Dace_, and _Dare_; as
is likewise the _Ant Fly_.

The _Eel_, takes great _Red-worms_, _Beef_, _Wasps_, _Guts_ of _Fowl_,
or _Fish_, _Menows_, or small _Roaches_ are good Bait for Night Hooks;
the Hooks being in the Mouth of the _Fish_. Now because this is very
delightful to most, I shall prescribe three ways of taking them, as are
most full of Pleasure. The first way is called; _Sniggling_, or
_Broggling_ for _Eels_, thus: Take a strong Line and Hook baited with a
_Lob_, or _Garden-Worm_, and observing where _Eels_ lurk in the day
time, with a stick forked at the Top, gently put your Bait into the
Hole, and if there be any _Eels_ there, you will not fail of a Bite, of
as large as can be had, but pull not too hard lest you spoyl all. The
second is called _Bobbing_, which is thus done: Take some large well
scoured _Lobs_, and with a Needle, run some strong twisted Silk through
them, from end to end, so many as are enough to wrap about a Board near
a dozen times; tye them fast with the two ends of the Silk to hang in so
many Hanks; then fasten all to a strong Cord, and a handful above the
worms fasten a Plumbet of three quarters of a pound, and your Cord to a
strong Pole, and in muddy Waters, you may Fish, and find the _Eels_ tug
lustily, and when you think they have swallowed them, draw up your Line,
and ashore with them. Lastly the _Eel-spear