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himfclf ro fifhing again. I have been informed by a- 

 iiotlicr, that he d^w a Carp taken out of a Herns Belly 

 which vvas nine Inches and an halt long. 



Several Gentlemen that have kept Htras tame, have 

 put r iih in a Tub, and tried the Hern how many fm^H 

 Koaches and Vace he would eat in a day, and they have 

 found him to eat about lifty in a day, one day with a- 

 nother. 



One Hern (hat haunts a Pond, in a Twelvemonths 

 time, (hall dcliroy a thoufandStore-C^/r/^j •, and when 

 Gentlemen fue their Ponds, they think their Neigh- 

 bours have robbed them, not in the leart confidering an 

 Hern is able to devour them in half a years time, if he 

 put in half as many more. 



Now imcc this ravenous Fowl is Co deftrudivc to 

 Popds and Filh of the River, it will be very neceflary 

 to find out a way to deltroy that, thatdeftroys fo ma- 

 ny •> which may be done in this manner. 



Eilaving found out his haunt, get three or four fmall 

 Roaches or Dace-i and have a Itrong Hock with Wyre 

 ro it, draw the Wyre jult within the skin of the faid 

 Filh, beginning without fide oi the Gills, running of 

 it to the Tail, and then the Fi(h will live live or. fix 

 days. Now if the Filh be dead, the Hern will not 

 meddle with him. Let not your Hook bee too ranki 

 then having a firong Line with Silk and Wyre, about 

 tvvo yards and a half long, (if you twift not Wyre 

 with your Silk, the fharpnefsof his Bill will bite it in 

 two immediately J snd tye a round Stone about a 

 pound- weight to the Line, and lay three or four Hooks, 

 and in two or three nights you (hall not fail to have 

 him if he comes to your Pond. Lay not your Hooks; 

 in the water fo deep that the Hern cannot wade unto 

 f hem. Colour your Line of a dark green, for an Hern 

 is a fubule Bird. There are fcveral other Fowl de- 

 Vourers of Fith^ as Kings-jifher^ More-hens^ Bakoots, Cor", 



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