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In ponds already flocked, but not accurately/ret 

 gulated, it would be adviieable to b'-gin with that which 

 has -the itioft Pike, otherwife .with -No. 4, or what is 

 intended for No. 4, and throw all the Filh under five 

 inches length into No. 5, and the larger, according to 

 their fizes, into the other numbers : and fo on with 

 No. 3, 2, and I. 



Store-Fifh procured elfewhere, if taken in fummer, 

 mould be moved in the night in clean flraw, wetted 

 occafionally after they are packed : except Perch and 

 Pike, which can only be carried in clean pond or river 

 water, ■ In moving Filh from one Pond to another, 

 they mould be fivft put into tubs of water already pre- 

 pared for them, and afterwards carried in buckets with- 

 out water. In taking Pike, or Perch, great care mull 

 beobferved to avoid railing mud in the water. 



In Breeding Ponds all water-fowls, as Geefe, Ducks, 

 &c. mould be difcouraged ; and Herons carefully de- 

 ftroyed. If any white Fiih, as Roach, Dace, &x. 

 fhould be found, they are to be taken out ; and if there 

 be a fpare piece of water for large Pike, they iho.uld be 

 put into it as food for the Pike. 



Eels may be put with advantage into any except the 

 Breeding Ponds, in lieu of Perch. The moil eafy 

 way of taking them is by trimmers laid over night, 

 baited with Imall Fifh, not with worms : otherwife 

 they may catch the C^rp : or a fmall thief net may be 

 baited with white Fifh. 



Common fewers and drains from the laundry are pre- 

 judicial to fiih : fo are the leaves falling from trees in 

 great quantities. The ufe of grains fhould likewite be 

 avoided in large quantiues, as having little nutriment 

 whilft tiey are thus wafhed by the water. 



It items better for the ufe of the table, as well as 

 more huma.e, to kill Fifh defigned for food by an in- 

 cifion with a iharp-pointed pen-knife, or pun&ures, 

 made with a pin longitudinally into the brain, about 

 half an inch or an inch, according to the fize of the 



Fiih, 



