Of Fiili-Ponds. 3^5 



All Authors advife, that you make Choice 

 of fuch a Place for your Pond, that it may be 

 refreihed with a little Rill, or with Rain-wa- 

 ter running or falling into it •, by which Fifh 

 are both more inclined to breed, and are re- 

 freihed and fed the better. 



Such Ponds as are large, and have moft 

 Gravel and Shallows where Fifli may fport 

 themfelves, are held to afford Fifh of the 

 pureft Tafte. And in all Ponds it is beft 

 for Fifh to have fome retiring Place, as hol- 

 low Banks, or Shelves, or Roots of Trees, to 

 keep them from Danger -, and, when they 

 think fit, from the extream Heat of Summer, 

 and Cold in Winter. 



Cleanfe your Pond, if you expetSt either 

 Profit or Pleafure, once every three or four 

 Years, and then let it lie dry fome Months. 

 If you fow Oats in the Bottom, it is efteemed 

 good, for the Fifli feed the faflec. And your 

 Pond being fometimes let dry, you may oh- 

 ferve what Kind of Fiih either increafes 

 or thrives beft in that Vv^iter ; for they differ 

 much both in their Breeding and Feeding. 



Carps and Tench thrive and breed beflwhen 

 no other Fifli is put with them into the fame 

 Pond ; for all other Fifli devour their Spawn, 

 or at lead the greateft Part of it. Clods of 

 Grafs thrown into any Pond feed the Carps 

 in Summer ; and Garden-Earth and Parfley 

 refrefli them when fick. When you (tore 

 your Breeding-Pond, put into it two or 



three 



