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are ready for the market. Of the " ordering of 

 fish-ponds," as " The Complete Angler " would 

 say, and their construction we have more to 

 add. 



11. 



Not only should fish-ponds not be too deep, 

 but, if possible (that is to say, if they are being 

 made artificially), they should not be too large. 

 Large fish-ponds have many disadvantages. The 

 uncovering of large quantities of fish when a 

 pond is being drained is highly undesirable, 

 and is often attended with loss ; also, if the 

 surface of water is too large, unless it is un- 

 usually well sheltered, the wind is apt to raise 

 waves, which wash over the banks, and other- 

 wise disturb the fish. Pond-fish are generally 

 placid creatures, to whom rough waters are no 

 delight ; and it will be found, as a rule, that fish 

 in well-sheltered ponds do better than those in 

 ponds of exposed situations. 



