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It is likewife obfervable, that a PJantatiorr 

 of Trees too near a Pond, is apt to infed the 

 Water with its falling Leaves ; but, on the 

 other Hand, Shelter is neceilary, and is 

 much the bell, as it confifts of Herbs and 

 Plants, which naturally grow in the Waters, 

 iuch^sfVater-Lillies, Pond- Weeds ^ and F%j, 

 which feed and afford a great Number of In- 

 fers for the Filh to feed upon, and help to 

 guard them from the too great Heats of the 

 Sun : But chiefly thefe Weeds are ufeful to 

 Pike and Perch, and they are better fed Fifh, 

 and much larger in fuch Ponds, than where 

 they have only a naked Water. The Pike 

 being a Fifh of Prey, will admit of no Fifh 

 to abide with it but the Perchy and that only 

 avoids the voracious Appetite of the Pike by 

 Means of the thorny Fins on its Back. In 

 thefe Ponds however, it is a common Prac- 

 tice to fling in a Parcel of Roach for the 

 Food of the Jach. Thefe, as well as the 

 Carp and Tench, may be fed with Blood and 

 Bran mixed together, Rafpings of Bread, or 

 the Entrails of Fowl or Sheep ; and, if they 

 are regularly ufed to be fed in this Way, at a 

 conftant Hour and Place of the Pond, they 

 will in a fhort Time become undaunted, and 

 htd before us. 



It is proper to cafl in Bavins in fome 

 Places not far from the Side, and in the mofl 

 fandy Spots, both for Fifh to fpawn upon, 

 and to defend the young Fry, efpecially the 

 Spawn of the Carp and Tench, 



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