FlsH l*OMJb,&X'. 



jeoiOis and form need not be civ, eit oti, saice 

 those uiio vvuiit the i pportuiuty of sieui^ the 

 living tish, may survey liieni expressed in the 

 must anhaated manner ja the- vvoikg oi A;r< 

 Eu wards* 



CHAP. VI. 



scientific method of making Fish-ponds, 

 Stew-s, $c. to which in added scvtral Arcana ttt 

 the Art of *4/tgtiMg, 



IT is agreed, that those grounds are best that 

 are full of springs, and apt to be moorish : 

 the one breeds ihein well, and the other preset vei 

 them from being stolen. 



f l he situation of the pond is also to be consi- 

 dered, and itiu mature oi tiie current* tnat fail into 

 it; likewise that it be refreshed with a Jittlt 

 brook, or with rain-water thai faiis from th 

 adjacent hilly ground. And that ihose ponds 

 winch receive tiie stale and dung of horses, breed 

 ihe largest and fattest fishes. 



In making the pcnd, observe that the head 

 be at the lowest part of the ground, and the 

 trench of the flood-gate, or sluice, has a good 

 Bwiit fall, that it ina^ not be long in emptying* 



if the pono carries six feet of witvi u ia 

 enough \ but it must be eight feet deep, to re- 

 ceive the freshes and rains that should fall 

 into it. 



It would be also advantageous to have rhoals 

 en the sides, for the fishes to &un theinsel\cs in, 

 and lay their sp&wu on j besides iu other 



