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body of troops at Fifh guard, confiding of about r200 
men. It was with the utrnoft zeal that the natives of 
Wales poured down from their mountains to refill this 
inroad. Upwards of three thoufand countrymen and 
miners affembled, armed with forks, lcythes, and other 
fimilar weapons, with which they fell upon the French 
with irrefiftible fury. Many were killed by this irregu¬ 
lar attack; but, on the arrival of the militia and volun¬ 
teers, tire invaders f’lirrendered themfelves prifoners of 
war. This was part of the French expedition to Bantry 
Bay, and tliefe troops were to have been landed in feme 
part of Ireland, to have made a diverfi'on as foon as an 
account had been received of the landing Of the firft body 
of troops. The only mifehief which they did in Wales, 
was the plundering of two or three farm-houfes ; to the 
pofiTellprs of which a compenfation was made by the go¬ 
vernment. ] 
FISH'ING BAY, a bay of the American States, in 
Maryland, on the eaft fide of Chefapeak bay, partly in 
Dorchefter and Somerfet counties. It receives feveral 
rivers from each county, the chief of which are Wico¬ 
mico and Nanticoke ; alfo Tranfquaking and Blackwater 
creeks. The entrance into this large bay lies between 
Goldfborough and Devil’s illands. 
FISH'ING BAY, a bay of the American States, on 
the fouth fide of lake Ontario ; thirty-feven miles eaft of 
fort Niagara. 
FISH'ING CREEK, a townfhip of the American 
States, on Sufquehannah river, in Pennfylvania. 
FISH'KETTLE, f. A cauldron made long for the 
fifir to be boiled without bending.—It is probable that 
the way of embalming amongft the Egyptians, was by 
boiling the body in a long cauldron like a JiJIi-kettle , in 
fome kind of liquid balfam. Grew. —See the article 
Egypt, vol.vi. p, 352. 
FISH'KILL, a poll-town of the American States, in 
Dutchefs county, New York, five miles eaft of Hudfon 
river, on Fifbkill creek, at the foot of the Highlands, 
which rife fouth of it; containing a church for Epifco- 
palians, and one for Low Dutch. The townfhip is very 
extenfive, and contained, in 1790, 5941 inhabitants: 
fourteen miles fouth-by-eaft of Poughkeepfie, oppofite 
Newburgh, and fixty-fix north of New York city. There 
are a few iioufes only at the Landing, on the margin of 
the river. 
FISH'KILL CREEK, on which the abovementioned 
town (binds, and from which it derives its name, is fmall, 
arid empties into Hudfon river about a mile below the 
-Landing, and nearly oppofite New Windfor.—It is alfo 
the name of a fmall Itream which runs fouth-weft into 
Oneida hike.—Likewife, a ftream which rifes from Sara¬ 
toga lake, and runsTix miles eafterly to the Hudfon. Its 
mouth is oppofite Battenkill, two miles above Saratoga 
town ; and on the north fide of which general Burgoyne’s 
army in the American war laid down their arms as prifoners. 
FISH'LIN, one of the fmiller Shetland illands, five 
jniles foilth from the i (1 and of Yell. 
FIBH'MEAL,yi Diet of fifh ; abftemious diet.—Their 
drink doth overcool their blood ; and, making many 
jijhmeals, they fall into a kind of male green ficknefs. Sharp. 
FISH'MONGER, f. A dealer in fifh; a feller of fith. 
— The Atrgeon Teft the JiJkmonger to determine the contro- 
verfy between him and the pike. L'EJlrange. 
FISHMONGER'S COMPANY, one of the chartered 
companies of the city of London. By 9 Anne, c. 26, 
ihere lhall be a matter, wardens, and afliftants, of the 
Eilhmonger’s company in London, chofen yearly at the 
next court of the lord-mayor and alderman after the 
ioth of June, who are conftituted a court of afliftants; 
and they (hall meet once a month at their common hall, 
to regulate abufes in the fifhery, regifter the names of 
fifhermen, and maik their boats,'&c. 
Fi-H'POND, /. A fmall pool for fifh.—After the 
great value the Romans put upon fifties, it will not ap- 
V I s 
pear incredible that C. Hindus fhould fell his fijliponis 
for quadragies H. S. 32,2911. 13s. 4d. Arbutknot. 
Fijhpohds were made where former forefts grew, 
And hills were levell’d to extend the view. Prior. 
Mr. Richard Wefton, of Leicefter, in the Repertory of 
Arts, vol. i 3 , for 1803, fubmits the following arrange¬ 
ment of ponds to the confideration of all breeders of do- 
meftic fifli.—“The quantity of fifh to be maintained, ob- 
vioufly depends upon the quantity of water, which fhould 
be divided, where it conveniently can, into five ponds: 
diftinguifhed by the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.—No. 5, is in¬ 
tended for breeding, and fhould be double or treble the 
f.ze of any of the other ponds. Or, if this be inconve¬ 
nient, there may be two marked No. 5. This pond may 
likewife be the mod diftant from the houfe. If the 
breeding-pond fhould fail, it will at lead ferve as a con- 
fervatory for fifli of fmall fize, to be obtained elfewhere; 
and indeed frefli ftores in any cafe will be found defirable. 
The contents of this pond in carp and tench, fhould be 
taken out annually in September or Odtober, counted in 
braces, and Inch as are from five to feven inches long put 
into No. 4. The contents of No. 4, when grown one 
year, from the length of five or feven inches, muft be 
put into No. 3. The contents of No. 3, having grown 
one year, from No. 4, muft be removed into No. 2. And 
in like manner the contents of No. 2, after one year, muft 
be removed into No. 1, as fifli fit for the table. 
If the nature of the ground will allow it, it would be 
proper that thofe ponds fhould be in fequetice, one above 
another. By this method all the five ponds could be 
drawn with the lofs only of fome of the water from the 
uppermoft. Carp are fit for the table from three to feven 
pounds each. Tench from one pound and a half to three 
pounds each. Perch from three quarters of a pound to 
one or two pounds. One acre of water upon a loam, 
clay, or marie, with a mixture of gravel, has been dated 
to be capable of fupporting two hundred pounds weight 
of fifli, 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. This is a proof that the mud 
fhould not remain in a pond too long without being taken 
out. A great quantity may readily be drawn from the 
fides, by having a pole twelve or fifteen feet long, with a 
piece of iron fixed to it, eighteen inches wide and fix 
broad, in the fame manner as mud is.drawn to the fidcs 
of a road. If a pond be five feet deep, and mud is l'uf- 
fered to accumulate to the depth of one foot, the fifli are 
deprived of one-fifth part of the water, which is their 
main fnftenance. 
It is evident that perch and pike fhould not by any 
means be admitted in:o No. 3, becaufe they would devour 
the (lore; but in all the other numbers, befides their in- 
trinfic value, they are of important fervice, provided that 
they are ftridtly confined to a fize greatly lubordinate to 
that of the carp or tench : for they deftroy not only the 
accidental fifh which breed, but a’io feveral animals, 
wliofe 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 
larged fize and weight; and as they are of fo voracious 
a nature, it is more prudent to admit of perch only. 
The aftual,weight of fifh which any particular pond 
is capable of fupporting, can only be determined by ob- 
fervation and experience, as it depends on the different 
degrees of nutriment in different waters. It is faid that 
carp and tench, in waters which feed well, will, before 
they are aged, double their weight in one year. The 
third part of an acre in No. 1, would probably be fuffi- 
cient for the demand of any family of four perfons, be- 
fides fervants. For, upon the calculation above given, 
it would fupport nearly feven hundred pounds of fifli, 
which might be divided thus. 
30 brace 
