5. You will invite all manner of help to your fishing, by the fry given among those who assist you; and though you pay them, they will expect fish; and with expectations of carrying home a dish of fresh fish, men will work in wet and dirt, to a wonder, without other pay. 6. If you graze cattle near your great waters, they will delight to come and stand in the water; and it conduceth much to the thrift of your cattle, as well as the feed of your fish, which is much supplied by the dunging of the cattle; and therefore it is good to have ponds in cow-pastures and grazing grounds. 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