PIKE, PERCH, BREAM, AND ROACH 



WHERE a few years ago one man only fished, 

 fifty, or it may be a hundred, are now seeking 

 for sport. It is a fact frequently noticed that 

 certain creatures are gun-shy, and it is equally 

 well known, and very much to be regretted, that 

 all the pike and perch worth catching are in 

 many waters line-shy. Pike so called, fish that 

 are in point of fact simply inexperienced young 

 jacks that ought never to be fished for, are, 

 however, basketed in numbers ; and the result 

 is, that the small fry, not having natural ene- 

 mies enough to thin off their numbers, increase 

 to such a degree that the large pike are not 

 obliged to hunt for them, and simply snap 

 what they require, as the shoals swim by 

 their hovers. I recently saw one of these 

 finny cannibals feed five times without moving 

 the distance of three yards. 



It may be bad taste, but personally I would 



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