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The young fry being hatched from the fpawn, by 
the benign influence of the fun, they are left the 
whole fummer, and even the next winter, in the 
fpawning-pond, in cafe the pond be fo'deep, that the 
fuffocation of the young tender fry under the ice in a 
fevere winter, is not to be apprehended, for it is by 
no means advantageous to take them out in the firft 
months of their exiftence. However, if the fliallow- 
nefs of the pond, its cold fltiiation and climate, make 
it necelTary to fecure the fry againfl: the rigours of the 
enfuing winter, the water of the pond muft be let 
ofFj the fry and old flfli will gradually retire to the 
canal and ditches, which communicate with the hole 
in the middle of the pond, and a net, with fmall 
meflaes, is then employed to catch both the fry and 
old ones. The old breeders are then feparated from 
the fry, and both kinds put in feparate ponds, that ' 
are warmer and more convenient for the wintering of 
thefe delicate fifh. Care muft be taken, to fix upon 
a calm, mild day, at the latter end of September, for 
the catching of the fry out of the fpawning-pond. 
The nurferies are the fecond kind of ponds in- 
tended for the bringing up the young fry. The heft 
time to put them into the nurfery is in March or 
April, on a fine and calm day. A thoufand or twelve 
hundred of this fry may be allotted to each’ acre of 
a pond. The choice of the fry muft be made ac- 
cording to the above enumerated charafters of good 
and healthy fifti, and muft be carefully removed 
from one pond to another It is likewife requifite to 
fend. people with long fticks, all the firft day, round 
the pond, in order to drive the tender and weak fry 
from the Tides into the pond, becaufe they are be- 
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