Chapter III: Part 3

As to the sowing of oats in the bottom of a pond, observe to dry your great water once in three, or at most four years, and that at the end of January, or beginning of March; which, if not a very unreasonable year, will be time enough. After Michaelmas following, you may put in a very great stock; and thin them in following years, as the feed will decline.

_The Conclusion._

Thus I have given, as short and intelligibly as conveniently I could, the best of my knowledge, contracted by twenty years practice and experience, of fish and waters: and if I am so happy thereby, to contribute in the least to the satisfaction or diversion of my friends, it will extremely content, if not encourage me to add somewhat farther concerning the nature of the several sorts of fish I deal in, the ways of taking them, of nets, angling, engines for clearing waters, and other particularities that I have proved. In the mean time, they may command these as myself, both being alike open, considerable, and at their service.

INDEX.

The Barbel Page 5

Carp 7

The Chub 11

The Cod Fish 13

The Haddock 14

The Herring 16

The Mackarel 20

The Mullet 21

The Pearch, or Perch, 23

The Pike 24

The Roach 25

The Shad 26

The Tench 28

The Trout 29

The Whiting 31

A Discourse of Fish and Fish Ponds 33

Of the Situation and Disposition of the Principal Waters 35

Of the Manner of making and raising Pond Heads 33

The Dimensions of Pond Heads 34

Of securing your Banks 35

Of Sluices 37

Of the Manner of Working to raise a Pond Head 39

Of Auxiliary Waters 42

Of Stews 43

Of Moats 45

Of other Auxiliary Waters 49

The Course of laying the great Waters dry 51

Of Breeding of Fish 53

The Manner of Stocking Waters 55

Of the Manner of feeding Fish 60

Of disposing your Increase of Fish 64

Of fishing for Carriage 66

Of Nurseries to Ponds and Fish 69

Of Frosts, and the Way to save the Fish in them ib.

Of the ordinary Benefits and Improvements by Fish 73

Of Benefits besides the main Design 76

The Conclusion 78

_FINIS._