taken when in close company with tench, and this gives rise 

 to the presumption for so believing, and is the reason for re- 

 commending the introduction of a few tench into the stews. 

 In Germany the fishermen call it the doctor-fish. Some 

 people consider the tench to be of the carp tribe ; I do not, 

 as the organs of generation, fins, and other parts of the fish 

 differ materially, and the male shows so marked a difference 

 from the female, that as they swim about they can be selected, 

 but this is not the case with carp ; however, tench are parti- 

 cularly delicate, nutritious, and in good repute for the table. 



Jack or pike is well known to be the most rapacious 

 fresh-water fish that exists, but with all its voracity it is 

 absolutely necessary to have a sufficient quantity in the 

 carp-stews or ponds, to check increase. 



In establishing the stews as before mentioned, the stock 

 is calculated by a friend in Saxony, after forty years ex- 

 perience of real practical results. This same friend pos- 

 sesses one of the finest estates in that delightful and luxu- 

 riant country, comprising nearly eight thousand acres, of 

 which nearly one half is forest ; and on his estate he has 

 twenty-two ponds, the largest being about twenty-seven 

 acres in extent : but as I shall have occasion to revert to 

 this subject later, I shall proceed. 



There are few fish probably that breed so quickly or pro- 

 duce larger broods than carp, of which there are two spe- 

 cies to be recommended for store, the one known as the 



