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prevent poaching), and as it afterwards appeared, frac- 

 tured its skull, and turned the optic nerve on one side. 

 The agony evinced by the animal appeared most hor- 

 rible. It rushed to the bottom, and, boring its head 

 into the mud, whirled itself round with such velocity 

 that it was almost lost to the sight for a short interval. 

 It then plunged about the pond, and at length threw 

 itself completely out of the water on the bank. He 

 (the Doctor) went and examined it, and found that a 

 very small portion of the brain was protruding from 

 the fracture in the skull. He carefully replaced this, 

 and, with a small silver tooth-pick, raised the indented 

 portion of the skull. The fish remained still for a 

 short time, and he then put it into the pond again. 

 It appeared at first a good deal relieved, but in a few 

 minutes it again darted and plunged about until it 

 threw itself out of the water a second time. A second 

 time Dr. Warwick did what he could to relieve it, and 

 again put it into the water. It continued for several 

 times to throw itself out of the pond ; and, with the 

 assistance of the keeper, the doctor at length made a 

 kind of pillow for the fish, which was then left in the 

 pond to its fate. Upon making his appearance at the 

 pond on the following morning, the pike came towards 

 him to the edge of the pond, and actually laid its head 

 upon his foot. The doctor thought this very extraordi- 

 nary, but he examined the fish's skull, and found it 

 going on all right. He then walked backwards and 

 forwards along the edge of the pond for some time, and 

 the fish continued to swim up and down, turning when- 



