4 14* ft! m &INTS- ON THE 



year from No. 4, mivft be removed into No. 2. And 

 in like manner the -contents of No. £, after one year, 

 muft be removed into No, 1, which is to contain only 

 fuch Fifh as are fit for the table. It is obvious that 

 this pond, for fafety and convenience, fhould be the 

 neareft to the houfe. 



As No. 5 is to be the largeft water, fo No. 1 is to 

 be the leafl ; the reft, of fizes between the two. 



The lhape of No. 1 fhould be oblong, for the con- 

 vergence of the net, and the lefs difturbance of the Fifh 

 in taking out what are wanted from time to time. 



A book fhould be kept by the Gardener, of the num- 

 ber and fizeof each kind in every pond. 



Carp are fit for the table from three to feven pound? 

 each. Tench from one pound and a half to three 

 pounds each. Perch from thiee quarters of a poui.d to 

 one or two pounds, &c. 



It is fuppofed that none of the ponds have a ftrong 

 current of very cold, acrid, innutritious water. 



One acre of water upon a loam, clay, or marl, or 

 any of thefe with a mixture of gravel, has been ftated 

 to be capable of fupporting 2000 pounds weight of 

 Fifh: the number of the Fifh making that weight 

 being immaterial. 



Carp and Tench breed moft freely in ponds, or pits 

 newly made. Tench likewife in almoft any ponds, 

 where cattle are admitted. 



It is evident that Perch and Pike fhould not be ad- 

 mitted in any degree in No. 5 ; but in all the other 

 numbers, befides their own value, they are of important 

 fervice, provided that they are ftrifclly confined to a 

 fize greatly fubordinate to that of the Carp, or Tench. 

 For they deftroy not only the accidental fpawn of Fifh 

 which breed, but alfo feveral Animals, whofe food is 

 the fame with that of Carp and Tench, as Frogs, 

 Newts, &c. Pike above the weight of one or two 

 pounds muft not be admitted even amongft Carp of the 

 largeft fize and weight, 



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