BREEDING FISHES. 13 



custris, the Scurf or Bull-Trout. 22. Umbla 

 minor Gesn, the Red Charr or Welsh Torgoch. 



23. Cctrpio lacus Benaci,the Guilt or Gilt Charr. 



24. Lucius, the Pike or Pickerel. 25. Perca 

 ftuviatilis minor seu aurata, the Ruff. 26. Piscis 

 aculeatus vulgaris seu pungitius Alberti, the 

 Common Prickle-back, Sharpling, or Banstickle. 

 27. Piscis aculeatus minor, the Lesser Prickle- 

 back. 28. Perca Jluviatilis, the Perch. 



The share of life which some fish possess is 

 \vorthy the notice of every curious angler. The 

 eel, being cut in pieces, maintains life and mo- 

 tion for several hours. A carp will move vigo- 

 rously some time after the intestines are taken 

 out of its body ; but I shall say more on several 

 of these heads in treating of each particular spe- 

 cies of fish. 



Fish, considered as a food, make a consider- 

 able addition to the furniture of the table ; and 

 the breeding, feeding, &c. thereof, is a peculiar 

 art, and very necessary, for the sake of economy, 

 that every country gentleman should know some- 

 thing of the method. To this relate the ponds, 

 stews, &c. which shall be described in their pro- 

 per places. 



It may not be here unacceptable to give the 

 reader some general rules on the subject. 



RULE I. 

 FOR BREEDING FISHES. 



The quality of the pond, water, &c. proper to 

 this end, is scarcely determinable by any certain 

 symptom or rule ; for some very promising ponds 

 do not prove serviceable that way. One of the 

 best indications of a breeding pond is, when there 

 is a good store of rushes and grazing about it, 



