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ANGLING FOE PIKE. 



summer and winter. I have placed letters and figures in my 

 sketcli, to which I will refer. 



As we really hope to catch a pike or two, and as it is the 

 hottest month of the year, we wisely meet at the boathouse at 



Fig. 2. A Pike River. 



the top of the water, just as the clock in the old church tower 

 chimes the hour of six. The dew is still on the grass, but we 

 are none too soon, for, even as we take our seats in the punt, 

 several pairs of bleak leap repeatedly out of the water 2ft. or 



