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and having denoted malice or anger by his 

 swoln cheeks and starting eyes, stretch out his 

 legs and embraced the Pike's head, and presently 

 reached them to his eyes, tearing with them and 

 his teeth those tender parts. The Pike, moved 

 with anguish, plunged into the water and rubbed 

 himself against weeds, or whatever he thought 

 might free him from his enemy, but all in vain, 

 for the Frog continued to ride triumphantly and 

 to bite and torment the Pike, till his strength 

 failed, and then sunk with the Pike to the bot- 

 tom of the water ; then presently the Frog ap- 

 peared again at the top, and croaked and seemed 

 to rejoice like a conqueror, after which he pre- 

 sently retired to his secret hole. The Bishop, 

 who had beheld the battle, called his fisherman 

 to fetch his nets, and by all means to get the 

 Pike, that they might discover what had hap- 

 pened ; and the Pike was drawn forth, with 

 both his eyes eaten out ; at which, when they 

 began to wonder, the fisherman expressed sur- 

 prise, assuring them that he was certain that 

 Pikes were often so served. It appears that 

 this species of frogs are fishing-frogs, called 

 by the Dalmatians the water-devil. 



