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fhell of ice upon them, and in fix or feven hours the ice was 
gone, and the fifh alive and well; and fo I have delivered 
them to my great waters, brifk as any. 
This may feem ftrange, but it is moft true, and to be at- 
tefted, if need were; therefore in froft ufe this and no other 
means, for all elfe will prove but labour in vain. 
In {mall waters, where is the greateft danger of froft, ob-~ 
ferve never to put in ftock, but the laf week of February, or 
beginning of March; for then they take lefs hurt in removing, 
and they may be taken out in O@ober after, and fo all hazard 
of froft prevented; and if you venture them there one winter, 
be fure never let them run the hazard of another. So you 
have two fummers feed, which will raife a carp from ftore to 
the table, and venture but one winter’s froft; and in winter 
they neither feed nor grow any thing confiderable. 
Of the ordinary Benefits and Improvements by Fifh. 
"THESE were touched when I {poke of difpofing the in- 
creafe of fifh; that is, furnifhing your table, obliging your 
friends, and raifing money. I fhall only add to the laft, that 
it is moft reafonable, if it can be contrived, that pleafures pay 
for the charge of them. Then what is more juftifiable, than 
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