MASCALLONGE. 
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his great country, and especially its great cataract, was 
somewhat taken aback by being told his land produced 
no volcanoes, nothing to equal Vesuvius or Etna, but 
who, after thinking a moment, replied : " That was true 
those were big fires, but he guessed E'iagara had water 
enough to put them all out." So I think our mascallonge 
could eat up the biggest pike Europe can produce ; and 
it will be a pity if, when our country is as old as Europe, 
we cannot tell as extensive stories. 
Head of Western Carp. 
