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the beholders. The reason why Mr. Hyde, 

 few'd his great Pond, was, because he would 

 stock his new Fish Pond at his House at 

 Sundridge Place, with only choice Fish, 

 and it is a curious Pond indeed, into which 

 he put three Hundred and Fifty of those 

 Carps which were from Sixteen to twenty 

 Inches in length, beside the large Pearches 

 with abundance of small ones. 



Which in two years time will grow large, 

 a great many Curious Tench were put in 

 with them, beside a Kilderkin full of very 

 large Silver Eeles, some of them as big as 

 a Mans wrist. 



The Fish were carried in a Waggon, 

 drawn by a stout Team of Horses from 

 Winckhurst Pond to his House at Sund- 

 ridge, being about four Mile distant one 

 from the other ; beside he sent four Hun- 

 dred delicate Carps to his stews at Bore- 

 place, another of his seats which he keeps 

 always ready to pleasure his Friends and 

 Gentry, who often visit him for their Re- 

 creation at both places, but most commonly 

 at Sundridge, where he chiefly resides. 



The Carps are commendable, they don't 

 eat muddy, for a continual stream preserves 

 them from the offensive taste that most have 

 in other Ponds, that want the conveniency 

 of a stream; and TVinckhurstPond is of such 

 extent, that they were ten days in leting out 

 the water, and the last two days several 



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