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CHAPTER VIII. 



IN MAKING FISH-PONDS, 



PRINCIPAL regard should be had to the 

 choice of a fit place, and a proper soil. It 

 is now generally agreed, that heathy land, 

 inclinable to be moorish, and full of springs, 

 is the best ; let the situation, if possible, be 

 at the bottom or side of a hill, that any 

 sudden shower or continued rain may wash 

 down worms, insects, and other things fit for 

 the nourishment of the fish; this likewise 

 will be 'the means of filling and refreshing 

 the pond, if it has not the advantage of a 

 brook or rivulet ; moreover, it has been ob- 

 served, that those ponds which have been 

 so situated as to receive the stale and dung 

 of cattle, have bred the largest and fattest 

 fish, 



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