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two feet, in the spring or summer, where there is a 

 sufficient supply, and sowing the sides with oats, 

 barley, rye, or wheat, very lightly raked in, and then 

 stopping the sluice again. 



In ponds already stocked, but not accurately re- 

 gulated, it would be adviseable to begin with that 

 which lias the most Pike, otherwise with No. 4, or 

 what is intended for No. 4, and throw all the Fish 

 under fiv-e inches length into No. 5, and the larger, 

 according to their sizes, into the other numbers : and 

 so on with No. 3, 2, and 1. 



Store-Fish procured elsewhere, if taken in summer, 

 should be moved in the night in clean straw, wetted 

 occasionally after they are packed : except Perch and 

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

 water. In moving Fish from one Pond to another, 

 they should be first put into tubs of water already pre- 

 pared for them, and afterwards carried in buckets 

 without water. In taking Pike, or Perch, great care 

 must be observed to avoid raising mud in the water, 



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

 &c v . should be discouraged ; and Herons carefully de- 

 stroyed. If any white Fish, as Roach, Dace, &c. 

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

 be a spare piece of water for large Pike, they should 

 bo 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 most easy 

 way of taking them is by trimmers laid over night, 

 baited with small Fish, not with worms : otherwise 

 they may catch the Carp : or a small thief net may be 

 baited with white Fish. 



Common sewers and drains from the laundry are 

 prejudicial to fish: so are the leaves falling from trees 

 in great quantities. The use of grains should likewise 

 'be avoided in large quantities, as having little nutri- 

 ment whilst they are thus washed by the water* 



