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" the dung of the same creatures, taken out 

 " of the small guts, with thyme, origanum, 

 " penny-royal, savoury, elder, garlic, lees 

 " of sweet wine of each a like quantity, the 

 " fat or marrow of the same creatures, a 

 " sufficient quantity, beat all these that they 

 " may mix together ; make the whole into 

 " lumps, and cast them into ponds, or where 

 " fish are, an hour before you purpose 

 "*' to catch them, at which time cast your 

 " nets upon them." Brookes, page 48..' 

 Enough! enough] gentle reader I will not 

 disgust you by transcribing more of these' 

 fulsome and abominable receipts : I would 

 ask with what appetite a man could sit down : 

 to fish fed on these nauseous mixtures, and 

 they differ little from the food directed to be 

 given to fish in ponds, such as blood, en- 

 trails, and dung: As the feeding of fish in 

 pondsi is usually entrusted to- the care o 

 servants, and as they will be desirous of 

 diminishing their labour the food will be 

 thrown into the pond, without much regard- 

 to .the size of the pieces, and the* fish being 



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