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HINTS 



METHOD OF MANAGING POND-FISH. 



THE quantity of Fifh to be fupplied obvioufly de- 

 pends upon the quantity of water, which fhould 

 be divided, where it conveniently can, into five ponds; 

 thefe mav be diflinguimed by the five firfl figures, as» 

 1,2, 3,4r, 5. 



Number 5 is intended for Breeding, and fhould be 

 double or treble the fize of any of the other ponds. Or 

 if this be inconvenient, there may be two marked 

 Xc. 5. This pond may hkewife be the mod diilant 

 from the houfe. If the Breeding Pond fhould fail to 

 anfwer this purpose* it will at leaft-ferve as a conferva- 

 tory for Fifh of fmall fize, to be obtained clfe where : 

 and indeed frefh (tores in any cafe will be found de- 

 finable. The contents oi tlr.s pond in Carp and Tench, 

 or tne greareft part, fhould be taken out annually in. 

 September, or October, counted in braces ; and fi.crf 

 as are from five to feven inches long thrown into 

 No. 4. 



The contents of No. 4, when grown one year from 



the length of five or feven inches, mull be put into 



No. 3* The contents of No. 3, having grown one 



T 3 year 



