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year from No. 4, muO be removed into No. 2. 'And 

 in like manner the contents of No. \i, after one year, 

 mult be removed into No. 1, which is to contain only 

 fuch Fifli as are fit for the table. It is obvious that 

 this pond, for fafety and convenience, mould be the 

 neareft to the houfe. / ,lbw 



As No. 5 is to be the larger! water, fo No. 1 is to 

 be the leaft ; the reft, of fizes between the two. 



The fhape of No. 1 mould be oblong, for the con- 

 venience of the net, and the lefs difturbanceof the Fifh 

 in taking out what are wanted from time to time. 



A book mould be kept by the Gardener, of the num- 

 ber and fize of each kind in every pond. 



Carp are fit for the table from three to feven pounds 

 each. Tench from one pound and a half to three 

 pounds each. Perch from thiee quarters of a pound to 

 one or two pounds, &c. 



It is fuppofed that none of the ponds have a flrocg 

 current of very cold, acrid, innutritious water. 



One acre of water upon a loam, clay, or marl, or 

 any of thefe with a mixture of gravel, has been {fated 

 to be capable of fupporting 2000 pounds weight of 

 Fifh: the number of the Fifti making that weight 

 feeing immaterial. 



Carp and Tench breed mod freely in ponds, or pits 

 newly made. Tench likewife in almoft any pond?, 

 where cattle are admitted. 



It is evident that Perch and Pike fhould not be ad- 

 mitted in any degree in No. 6 ; but in all the othef 

 numbers, befides their own value, they are of important 

 jfervice, provided that they are ftriclly confined to a 

 fize greatly fubordinate to that of the Carp, or Tendh, 

 for they deftroy not only the accidental fpawn of Fi(h 

 "which breed, but alfo feveral Animals, whofe food, is 

 the fame with that of Carp and Tench, as Frogs, 

 "Newts, &c. Pike above the weight of one or two 

 pounds mull not be admitted evenarnongft Carp of the 

 largeit fize and weight, 



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