best's art of angling. 



supeiRuity of them. As for pikes, tenches, 

 roaches, perches, Sec. they are observed to breed 

 tilmost ill any waters, and very numerously; but 

 eels never breed in standing waters that are 

 without springs, and in such are neither found, 

 nor increase by putting in; yet where springs 

 are, they are never wanting, though not put in. 

 With respect to the growth of fishes, it is ob- 

 served, that among Carps particular!}^, the first 

 year they grow to about the size of a leaf of a 

 willow-tree; and at two years they are about four 

 inches long. They grow but one inch more the 

 third season, which is five inches. Those of 

 four years old are about six inches; and seven 

 after the fifth. From that to eight years old 

 they are found to be large in proportion to the 

 goodness of the pond, from eiglit to twelve 

 inches. 



RULE II. 



FOR FEEDING FISHES. 



Observe the following remarks : 



1. In a Stew thirty or forty carps may be kept 

 from October to March without feeding; and by 

 fishing w^ith trnmmeh or Jiezis, in March or April, 

 you may take from your great w^aters to recruit 

 your stews: but you must not fail to feed them 

 all the summer, from March to October again, 

 as constantly as cropped chickens are fed; and 

 it will prove profitable. 



2. The constancy and regularity of serving the 

 fish, conduces very much to their eating well 

 and thriving. 



3. Any sort of grain boiled is good to feed 

 with^ especially pease and malt coarse ground : 



