The Dedication. 



being unwilling* to loose, stript off his 

 Cloaths and leapt in, and in swimming 

 proved too nimble for the Fish, for I assure 

 you, he brought them both out with much 

 content to regain his Rod. 



Sir, the Capt. assures me, there be 

 larger Pearch in the Pond tho I never saw 

 a braver, should I commend the Fish some 

 may think I flatter, but of all the Ponds I 

 ever Angled in, I never received so much 

 delight in so little time, nor ever eat of 

 sweeter or larger Carps, for all we caught 

 that did not exceed sixteen or eighteen 

 Inches, we turn'd into the water again, 

 thinking it pity to kill them before they 

 came to their full growth, which commonly 

 exceeds twenty. 



Sir, I know your Love to Fish and 

 Angling, and how to your great cost, you 

 have caused to be dig'd a large square Pond 

 in your great Yard before your dwelling 

 place at Sundridg, and storing it with brave 

 Carps and other Fish, which Pond contains 

 in length three hundred Foot, and two 

 hundred and ten foot in breadth, all dug 

 out of the side of a Hill to the depth of 

 fourteen Foot, and wharfing it ninety foot 

 against the Highway side, with Extraordi- 

 nary 



