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w r hich moft other fi(h do not, and 

 it is the rather believeu, becaufe 

 you fhall fcarce or never take a Male 

 Carp without a Melt > or a Female 

 without a Roe or Spawn ; and for 

 the moft part very much, and efpe- 

 cially all the Summer feafon ; and 

 itis obferved, that they breed more 

 naturally in Ponds then in running 

 waters, and that thofe that live in 

 Rivers are taken by men of the 

 beft palates to be much the better 

 meat. 



And it is obferved, that in fome 

 Ponds Carps will not breed, efpe- 

 cially in cold Ponds ; but where 

 they will breed, they breed innume- 

 rably,if there be no Pikes nor Pearcb 

 to devour their Spawn, when it is 

 caft upon grafs, or flags, or weeds, 

 where it lies ten or twelve dayes be- 

 fore it be enlivened. 



The Carp, if he have water room 

 and good feed, will grow to a very 

 great bignefs and length : I have 



lieard 



