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A 
DISCOURSE 
OF 
FISH AND FISH-PONDS. 
Of the Situation and Difpofstion of the principal Water. 
On E great point in the condu& of fifth, is, to have them at 
command; another is, to have perpetual recruits, to fupply 
your ftock as you draw it off. This is not to be done with- 
out a certain order and method; and with it, nothing is more 
practicable and eaty. 
Your methed muft be, to have fome great waters, which 
are the head-quarters of the fifh, from whence you may take, 
or wherein you may put, any ordinary quantity of fifh. Them 
to have ftews, and other proper auxiliary waters, fo as you 
lead the fifh from one to the other, whereby you never fhall 
want, and need not abound; and, which is more, lofe no 
time in the growth of the fifh, but employ the water, as you 
do your land, to the beft advantage, 
This will appear more diftin@ly in the fequel of this dif- 
courfe, which fhall begin with the fituation and difpofition of 
the principal waters, whereupon you muft depend for the 
raifing and feeding the greateft part of the ftock. 
Firft, you muft examine the grounds, and find fome fall be- 
twixt 
