The History of Esculent Fish

About this eBook

Author

North, Roger, 1651-1734

Credits

deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SH: Agriculture: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Angling

Subject

Fishes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64319

Release Date

January 17, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORY OF ESCULENT FISH.
2. 2.The BARBEL ,
3. 3.CARP.
4. 4.The CHUB
5. 5.The COD FISH
6. 6.The HADDOCK
7. 7.The HERRING. — PRESERVED HERRINGS.
8. 8.The MACKAREL.
9. 9.The MULLET ,
10. 10.The PEARCH, or PERCH ,
11. 11.The PIKE
12. 12.The ROACH
13. 13.The SHAD
14. 14.The TENCH
15. 15.The TROUT
16. 16.The WHITING
17. 17.A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISH-PONDS. — Of the Situation and Disposition of the principal Waters. — Of the Manner of the making and raising Pond-Heads. — The Dimensions of Pond-Heads. — Of securing your Banks. — Of Sluices. — Of the Manner of working to raise a Pond-Head. — Of Auxiliary Waters. — Of Stews. — Of Moats. — Of other auxiliary Waters. — The Course of laying the Great Waters Dry. — Of the Breeding of Fish. — The Manner of Stocking Waters. — Of the Manner of feeding Fish. — Of disposing your Increase of Fish. — Of fishing for Carriage. — Of Nurseries to Ponds and Fish. — Of Frosts, and the Ways to save the Fish in them. — Of the ordinary Benefits and Improvements by Fish. — Of Benefits, besides the main Design. — The Conclusion.
18. 18.INDEX.

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