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gathered together in a corner obveried to the South, where 
the or ‘sien rofe under an high bank, to a fhoal-water. ‘Fhek 
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ith, their motion and heat, together with the fun’s heat, 
that was aaa: there, kept the water from freezing, and I 
could’ plainly fee every fifh, great and fmall. There were 
carp, pike, perch, eels, and fry in abundance, collie@ed as if 
it had been a general counfel of all the orders of fifh, met to 
confider what was to be done in that extremity, very divert- 
ing to obferve. 
But to leave: conceits, and come to the only expedient 
which I have found effedtual to fave the fth in this cafe; and 
that is, to fet great tubs or fats full of water in fome outhoufe, 
not far from a fire; and as faft as the fifh appear, take them 
out, and put them there; and from thence you may convey 
them ina bafket to your great waters, where you may make 
an hole at about eight feet deep, and putting the fith in, pre- 
ferve them; or if you pleafe, you may keep them there, frefh- 
ening the water every twelve hours, until the froft breaks, and 
putt ee, into their own houfes again. You may plainly per- 
ceive how the fifth, though funnel and numb with the froft, 
coming into the fat, will by degrees recover, and be perfetly 
well again; and a you may keep them five weeks, or 
longer, if the froft continues. 
I have gone farther: fometimes fifh have been to all ap- 
pea ance dead, others frozen and inveloped i in ice, yet by this 
method I have prefery ed them; for heating water, and putting 
it mto the fie until J brought the water there to a Mid- 
fammer heat, and then J have put fuch ffh is, with their 
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