1 50 SPRING-TIDE. 



Simon. Haw, a zeed a vish under the 

 water as zimd to ha' two tayls, oon at each 

 ind an hin, a couldn't mak't out no how, 

 zo, as the theng was quite dead, they got 

 un out wi a rake, and then um vound 

 'twas a pike o' zix pounds that had tried 

 to zwallur a carp o' dree pounds, and the 

 carp had stuck in his droat and choked 

 un. I zeed um bwoth jist as they was 

 tuk out. 



J. I have heard two or three similar 

 stories, but in each instance the pike had 

 swallowed one of its own species. I be- 

 lieve they are often choked in this way. 

 I have somewhere heard or read of a large 

 pike swallowing the head of a swan, and in 

 like manner falling a victim to his rashness. 



S. About twenty years back a dead 

 pike was taken ont of a pond in the ad- 

 joining parish, which, in attempting to swal- 

 low a moor-hen, had choked itself. I can 

 believe anything of the voracity of this fish, 



