G8 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING. 



month, when death put a period to her existence. This 

 fish has been the means of great attraction since the time 

 she was mentioned in the newspapers, which was about 

 five years ago, many persons having come a great dis- 

 tance to see her ; and those who have witnessed her ac- 

 tions (of whom there are many in the city of Exeter) can 

 bear testimony to the truth of the following statement: — 

 " She would come to the top of the water and take 

 meat off a plate, and would devour a quarter of a pound 

 of lean meat in less time than a man could eat it ; she 

 would also allow Mr. Dormer to take her out of the 

 water, and, when put into it again, she would immedi- 

 ately take meat from his hands, or would even bite 

 the finger if presented to her. Some time since a 

 little girl teased her, by presenting the finger and 

 then withdrawing it, till at last she leaped a consider- 

 able height above the water, and caught her by the 

 said finger, which made it bleed profusely : by this 

 leap she threw herself completely out of the water 

 into the court. At one time a young duckling got 

 into the well to solace himself in his favourite element, 

 when she immediately seized him by the leg, and took 

 him under water; but the timely interference of 

 Mr. Dormer prevented any further mischief than 

 making a cripple of the young duck. At another 

 time a full-grown drake approached the well, and put 

 in his head to take a draught of the water, when 

 Mrs. Fish, seeing a trespasser on her premises, im- 

 mediately seized the intruder by the bill, and a 

 desperate struggle ensued, which at last ended in the 

 release of Mr. Drake from the grasp of Mrs. Fish, and 



