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is fituated at the extremity of a long, narrow, Tandy 
promontory, projeding Eaftwards into the fea, and 
forming the gulf before Dantzig, of about 30 
Engl i Hi miles diameter. Thefe carp were forced, 
as I fuppofe, by a florm, from the mouth of the 
Viftula, which here enters the Baltic, into the fea; 
and as the other two branches of the Viftula or 
Weixel difembogue into a large frefli water lake, ' 
called the Trifh-Haff, which has a communication 
with the fea at Pillau ; it is equally probable, that 
thefe fifh came round from Pillau, to the harbour of 
Dantzig ; efpecially as they are frequently found in 
the Trifli-HafF. 
The fale of carp makes a part of the revenue of 
the nobility and gentry in Pruffia, Pomerania, Bran- 
denburgh, Saxony, Bohemia, Mecklenburgh, and ' 
Holftein 5 - and the way of managing this ufeful 
nth is therefore reduced in thefe countries into a 
kind of fyftem, built on a great number of experi- 
ments, made during feveral ' generations, in the 
families of gentlemen well {killed in every branch 
of hufoandry. 
The firfi: thing which mufl be attended to, in cafe 
a gentleman choofes to have carp-ponds, is to 
feledt the ground where they are to be made : 
I 
By this very eafily-contrived refervolr, fea-fifh, when caught in 
too great numbers, might be kept for the fupply of the table or 
market, when perhaps the weather will not permit them to be 
taken ; and many ingenious experiments might be tried. 
It is not impofllble (for example) that the filli of the frcfii 
water might be improved, by continuing in fuch a flew for a 
fortnight or three weeks, as horfes are faid to thrive by feeding on 
the fait marfhes. 
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VoL. LXI. 
Daines Barrington* 
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