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upon the fliallows on the Tides, being weak and 
harraiied by being caught, removed, and not yet ac- 
quainted with the deep holes for their retreat, in the 
new habitation. 
Carp fpawn in May, June, or July, according as 
the warm feafon fets in earlier or later. The warm 
weather expands and fwells gently the bodies of the 
fifh ; and their bellies being diftended with roe and, 
milt, they feel an itching about thofe turgid parts, and 
therefore fwim to a fhallow, warm, fheltered place, 
where the bottom of the pond is either fomewhat 
Tandy or gritty, where Tome grafs and aquatic plants 
grow, or where Tome ozier branches and roots hang 
in the water ; they gently rub their bodies againft 
the ground, the grafs, or oziers, and by this preflure, 
the fpawn ilfues out; and as the milter, by a natural 
indin<5t, follows the fpawner, and feels the fame itch- 
ing, the calls of nature are gratified in the fame 
manner, and the foft roe or milt is fpread over the 
fpawn, and thus impregnated. Carp in this feafon 
are frequently feen fwimming, as if it were in a circle, 
about the fame fpot, which is merely done with an 
intention of repeating the rubbing of their expanded 
bellies. The fined and calmefi: furnmer days are com- 
monly thofe on which carp fpawn ; providence hav- 
ing thus made a provifion for the greater fecurity of 
the fry of fo ufeful a fidi ; as otherwife, in a dormy 
day, the fpawn would be wadied towards the banks, 
where it would be eaten up by birds, or trampled upon 
by men and quadrupeds, or dried up by the heat of 
the fun, and a whole generation, of carp entirely 
dedroyed. In a pond of my uncle’s, I frequently 
found the carp in a warm furnmer evening, round a 
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