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which are ftill to be feen, but negle&ted; and befides, the 
regard to profit by the fifh they would maintain and fupply, 
the very ornament of them was worth the charge. I was li- 
mited to ten pounds, befides the work of his lordfhip’s horfes, 
which I compute to be four pounds more ; fo the whole did 
not coft fifteen pounds, and yet a full acre of ground | ayunder 
water, and all was completed in twelve days. His lordfhip 
would not allow the laying down a fluice, elfe that water was 
a f{pecimen of my propofition, as well for the condua&, as the 
charge of the work. 
Of Auxiliary Waters. 
Asa great garrifon muft have many fubfervient forts and re- 
doubts difperfed about the place, for fecuring the country, and 
collecting the contributions, which are to maintain the head- 
quarters ; fo the great ponds, which are the head-quarters of 
the fith, muft be accommodated with many other fubfervient 
waters, which I call auxiliary, becaufe they ferve to relieve 
the greater when over ftocked, to fupply them when under 
ftocked, and to rear up and maintain fry and young ftores, as 
well as to render the fifh eafy to be taken; without which con- 
veniences, you will have but a forry account of the fifh.- 
There 
