HINTS ON THE 



In ponds already (locked, but not accurately re- 

 gulated, it would be advifeable to begin with that which 

 has the moft Pike, otherwife with No. 4, or what is 

 intended for No. 4, and throw all the Fifh under five 

 inches length into No. 5, and the larger, according to 

 their fizes, into the other numbers : and fo on with 

 No. 3, 2, and 1. 



Store-Fifh procured el ewhere, if taken in fammer, 

 fhoula be moved in the night in clean ftraw, wetted 

 occafionally after they a:e packed: except Perch and 

 Pike, which can only be carried in clean pond or river 

 water. In moving Fifh from one Pond to another, 

 they fhould be firit put into tubs of water already pre- 

 pared for them, and afterwards carried in buckets with- 

 out water. In taking Pike, or Perch, great care mu ft 

 beobferved to avoid raifing mud in the water. 



In Breeding Ponds all water-fowls, as Geefe, Ducks, 

 &c. fhould be difcouraged ; and Herons carefully de- 

 ftroyed. If any white Fifh, as Roach, Dace, &c. 

 mould be found, they are to be taken out ; and if there 

 be a fpare piece of water for large Pike, they mould be 

 put into it as food for the Pike. 



Eeis may be put with advantage into any except the 

 Breeding Ponds* in lieu of Perch. The moft eafy 

 way of taking them is by trimmers laid over night, 

 baited with fmall Fifh, not with worms : otherwife 

 they may catch the Carp : or a fmall thief net may be 

 baited with white Fifh. 



Common fewers and drains from the laundry are pre- 

 judicial to fifh : fo are the leaves falling from trees in 

 great quantities. The ufe of grains fhould hkewife be 

 avoided in large quantities, as having little nutriment 

 whilft they are thus warned by the water. 



It feems better for the ufe of the table, as well as 

 more humane, to kill Fifh defigned for food by an in- 

 cifion with a ffiarp-pointed pen-knife, or pun&ures, 

 made with a pin longitudinally into the brain, about 

 half an inch or an inch, according to the fize of the 



Fifh, 



