\fii MALACOJ'. AiihOyi. I'iKE FAM/LV. 



a pity certainly t^> »poJl W) ;(ood a Htory. Whrro }j(? 

 got tJ)i« vnrHum of tlj*.* iiici'lcrit wo krjow not; but 

 mfn'iJiHi it wc inubt ]mi fhat of old 0<.'Krjor, as pro- 

 bably cojnirj;^ nearer the mark. " JfiH dovourin;^ 

 JtHpOhition i« ho keen, that a rnan j^oinj^ to a pond 

 U) water hi« niule, bad the l'ik<: bite Ijih mule by 

 tbe Jiph; to whielj the Pike bu/ig so fant, that the 

 mule drew lii/n out of the water, and by tijat .'Uici- 

 dent the- owner of i\i<: njiile angled out tbe Pike." 



'J bJH cxin.tii'; voraeity of tbe Pike maken it a 

 ^JueHtion Ijow i'-.ir it in exp<;di<:nf, to introduce it 

 into pn/'«erve,s alon;^ with other fi;sb ; and many 

 liave adviv,'d it hhould be earefiilly excluded and 

 renjovcd. 'i'bih, however, we l>eli(;ve i« carrying 

 tbe matt<;r too far. Willi reH[jeet to natural wa- 

 t<;r«, bear Mr. Colquboun'H Hennible remnrkH: — 

 *'M;iny people think a loeh injiired by Pike : on 

 the (;ontrary ; unleHM vc.ry nuni<;rouH, I have* h<:\- 

 donj heen one worth iinhing without them. If 

 a man pre'f<;rH killin;^ ei^^bt or nin(; doy.<-n, with 

 scarcely a half-pounder anion;^ them, to a dozen fine 

 trout, from Ijalf a pound to three pounds w<;ipjbt, 

 then be may <;ount the i'ik'; bin <;neniy ; but tbe 

 latter feat will both better prove bin hkill, a/id afford, 

 him much Letter Hport. 'J'he* n^anon why your trout 

 are alwayn large when; then? are I*ik<! in obvioiiH ; 

 the Hmall i'ly are al way« <]<;vour<;d by th<; latter, and 

 tbe others having mon; l'oo<l, inereaH<3 in nmi. A 

 b;w yearn a^'o lioclj Katrine wm cbokc-full of very 

 Hjnall tjout, which liavc gradually become larger 

 •ixice Pike buvc hcuii introduced ; and now, two or 



