that fish feeds greedily in rainy weather, and may frequent- 

 ly be observed floundering half out of his watery element 

 in order to obtain this favourite morsel. 



As all foliage is pernicious, and the decomposition 

 highly injurious to fish, especially to the fry or brood, it 

 must be fully borne in mind that trees or shrubs should 

 never be planted on the borders or margins of the ponds ; 

 but if ornament be required, then only at a sufficient dis- 

 tance, for it is equally necessary to have a free action of 

 air passing over the surface, as it is to have pure and whole- 

 some water, in fact the removal of trees contributes largely 

 to effect both. 



Fish grown by these directions will not only prove fat, 

 but of a far superior flavour to those taken from common 

 and ill-regulated ponds or stews. 



If the first pond should get an over accumulated store of 

 water, it must be let off by the sluice into the second, and 

 so on to the third, and then be suffered to run to waste, for 

 no pond ought to be allowed on any account to overflow 

 or break its boundaries, as by so doing and by conveying 

 the fish to the next pond, it injures that stew by introdu- 

 cing fish of different growths, and so proves ultimately a 

 serious loss; food would be then insufficient for their joint 

 maintenance, consequently the fish would gain but little 

 in size and weight. 



If the ponds have an even and well-regulated supply of 



