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HINTS 



METHOD OF MANAGING POND-FISH 



JLHE quantity of Fish to be supplied obviously de- 

 pends upon the quantity of water, which should be 

 divided, where it conveniently can, into live ponds ; 

 these may be distinguished by the five first figures, as, 

 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 



Number 5 is intended for Breeding, and should be 

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

 if this be inconvenient, there may be two marked 

 No. 5. This pond may likewise be the most distant 

 from the house. If the Breeding Pond should fail to 

 answer this purpose, it will at least serve as a conserva- 

 tory for Fish of small size, to be obtained elsewhere : 

 and indeed fresh stores in any case will be found de- 

 sirable. The contents of this pond in Carp and Tench, 

 or the greatest part, should be taken out annually in 

 September, or October, counted in braces ; and such 

 as are from five to seven inches long thrown into 

 No. 4. 



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

 the length of five or seven inches, must be put into 

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

 year from No. 4, must be removed into No. 2. And 



