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This method is practised in Holland. 



Carp Ponds. They have three ponds for carp 

 in France. The first, for the growing carp, which 

 are left in until the age of three years, when they 

 begin to spawn : they are fed (independently of 

 what they meet with in the pond) with the excre- 

 ments of animals, such as cows, horses, sheep, 

 beans, pease, potatoes cut in small slices, moist 

 bread, goat cake, and stale fish. The second, 

 for the spawn, which must be a very small pond, 

 in a warm situation. The third, for the breeding 

 pond : the carp about six pounds breed the best : 

 the pond not to be above three feet deep, in a 

 marshy situation, where the bulrushes grow in 

 great plenty ; rather a deeper channel to be cut 

 along the middle of the pond. The roes of carp 

 are frequently known to weigh more than the fish. 

 French Author on Angling. 



Carp particularly delights and thrives in ponds 

 where the rain runs into, from sheep's dung, and 

 other dung. There are hermaphrodites amongst 

 carp ; and I can convince any body that doubts 

 of it, as I have in my collection the entrails of a 

 carp of this description. They are fed with beans, 

 pease, potatoes cut in pieces, turnips, moist bread, 

 stale fish, and bread made from goat's milk. 



Dr. Block. 



