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or earth taken out of the pan or hollow dug in the lowest 

 ground above the bank ; the shape of the pan to be a half oval, 

 whereof the flat to come to the bank, and the longer diameter 

 to run square from it. 



" For two large ponds, of three or four acres apiece, it is 

 advisable to have four stews, each two rods wide and three long. 

 The stews are usually in gardens, or near the house, to be more 

 handy and better looked to. The method of making them, is 

 to carry the bottom in a continual decline from one end, with 

 a mouth to favor the drawing them with a net. 



" It is proper to cast in bavins in some places not far from 

 the sides, in the most sandy spots, for the fishes to spawn upon, 

 and to defend the young fry, especially the spawn of Carp and 

 Tench." 



