anything that has been swallowed. So, 

 Grandad Pickerel, if he had regrets 

 after swallowing a member of his own 

 family, found it impossible to throw 

 him up, as the Good Book says the 

 whale cast up Jonah. 



Bige and I found we could not sepa- 

 rate the two fishes without first per- 

 forming a surgical operation. In doing 

 so, we also released a shiner which had 

 been swallowed with Bige's trolling hook 

 and was wedged in the throat alongside 

 the smaller pickerel. This was the most 

 amazing part of the incident, and proves 

 the gluttonous character of the pick- 

 erel and his complete inability to ap- 

 preciate the limits of his own capacity. 



We found upon examination that the 

 process of digestion was operating, and 

 that the head of the smaller pickerel 

 was nearly dissolved in the stomach of 

 the larger fish. Another hour, and 

 grandson would have slipped down an 



34 



