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of digestion, whilst the rest of the fish was still 

 fresh and unimpaired. 



It is a very long-lived fish. In the year 1479, 

 a Pike was caught at Hailbrun, in Suabia, to 

 which was affixed a brazen ring with the follow- 

 ing words engraven on it in Greek characters : 

 I am the first fish which was put into this 

 lake by the hands of the Governor of the Uni- 

 verse, Frederic the Second, the 5th of October, 

 1230." The Pike has a flat head, and sharp 

 teeth in his jaws, the under one of which is 

 more prominent than the superior one. 



THE SUN-FISH. 



The shape of this fish is round, and surrounded 

 with a fin which answers the purpose of nature, 

 and brings to our mind the idea of the sun, as it 

 is painted, encompassed with rays of light. This 

 fish is also known by the name of Diodon. He 

 appears like the upper part of the body of a very 

 deep fish which had been amputated in the mid- 

 dle. The mouth is small, with two broad teeth 

 only in each jaw. When alarmed, he inflates 

 his body to a globular shape of great size, and 

 is beset with large and sharp spines, which the 



