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upon which the bank is to ftand, and from the pan of the 
pond. In cafe you take earth there for the bank, and this 
you carry to fome place where it is moft eafily removed upon 
your tillage-ground, and there let it lie to rot the fod, and 
then there is not a better manure, and more than pays the 
charge of digging and carrying it. 
2. You gain the making of ftews, and, it may be, other 
ponds for the convenience of your cattle, all under one 
charge: for if you muft dig clay and earth for your bank, it 
is as eafily taken where it doth this, as otherwife. 
3. Hf the foil about the waters be any thing moorifh, it 
may be planted with ofiers, which yield a certain yearly 
crop. 
4. The feed of the pond when laid dry, or the corn, that 
is, Oats, which you may have upon the bottom, though mere 
mud, is very confiderable. This hath been touched before. 
5. You will invite all manner of help to your fifhing, by 
the fry given among thofe who afflift you; and though you 
pay them, they will expe& fith; and with expectations of 
carrying home a difh of frefh fifh, men will work in wet and 
dirt, to a wonder, without other pay. 
6. If you graze cattle near your great waters, they will 
delight to come and ftand in the water; and it conduceth 
much to the thrift of your cattle, as well as the feed of your 
fifh, which is much fupplied by the dunging of the cattle; 
and therefore it is good to have ponds in cow-paftures and 
grazing grounds. 
As to the fowing of oats in the bottom of a pond, obferve 
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