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should not be planted so near the pond as to 

 incommode it with the falling in of the dead 

 leaves, because they spoil the water, muddy 

 it, and render it disagreeable to the fish. In 

 stocking the pond, if the fish are only de- 

 signed ,for stores, they should be all of a sex, 

 that is, either milters or spawners ; by these 

 means Carp will become large and exceed- 

 ing fat in a short time. 



The most usual fish which ponds are stock- 

 ed with are Carp, Tench, Bream, and Pike : 

 of these, Carp and Tench agree well enough 

 together, but any other fish will devour their 

 spawn. The Pike admits of no companion 

 but the Perch, and he is not always safe, if 

 not very large ; however it is usual to put 

 Roach, Dace, Bream, Chub, Gudgeons, and 

 Minnows, into the same pond with him, that 

 he may have wherewithal to satisfy his vora- 

 cious nature, and grow fat the sooner : like- 

 wise care should be taken, that all the Pike 

 which are put into the same pond, should be 

 nearly of a size ; because a Pike of thirty 



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