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sodded to the water's edge, both for beauty and 

 for the encouragement of grasshoppers and 

 crickets, which will occasionally fall into the 

 water and furnish food for the fish. There 

 should be a valve or regulating board at every 

 water-intake, so as to guage and control the 

 quantity of water used. The inflow-pipe or 

 sluice ought to be carefully screened, in order 

 to prevent the entry of any undesirable water- 

 life, as eels, and mud-puppies (otherwise known 

 as water-dogs or hellbenders) either of which 

 can do considerable damage. The outlet of the 

 brood-pond may be by splash-board or pipe, but 

 whichever is adopted it must be enclosed by 

 screens, to prevent either mature or small fish 

 from escaping. The desirable place for the 

 outlet is the centre of the breast of the pond. 

 It is also very important that arrangements be 

 made by which the water can be drawn off 

 gradually when desired, so as not to create a 

 suction sufficient to carry out of the pond any 

 small fish, which may have escaped from cribs 

 or pounds. 



Brood-ponds should contain aquatic plants, 

 such as the common water-lily {Nymphia 



