102 ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



on the corn, are more expeditiously fattened than 

 by any other management. All ponds should 

 have a brook or rivulet running through them, or 

 fresh springs. It increases the feed and comfort 

 of the fish during the heat of summer, and coun- 

 teracts the effects of frost during the winter. 



Daniel's Sports. 



In the Wealds of Sussex the fish ponds are in- 

 numerable. 



An excellent method of fattening carp, is to 

 take the mud round the outside of the pond, in 

 the month of April, when the water is low, and 

 sow some hay seeds thereon, because, in the 

 winter, when flooded, the produce will afford ex- 

 cellent food for the carp. Mr. Cherry, of Bir- 

 mingham, says, that a friend of his does this every 

 year, and by that means obtains excellent fish ; 

 and that the largest carp he ever saw taken, was 

 at Blenheim, by Beckley, the Duke of Marlbo- 

 rough's fisherman ; it weighed thirteen pounds. 



To Fatten Carp out of Water. An experi- 

 ment has been made, by placing carp in a net well 

 wrapped up in wet moss, the mouth only being 

 left out ; then, hanging it up in a cellar, or cool 

 place, to be frequently fed with bread and milk, 

 and to be often plunged in water. It is said to 

 have grown very fat, and to have been of a very 

 superior taste. Pennant. 



