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ART OP ANGLING. 



PIKE. 



THE Pike is to be found in most of the rivers, 

 lakes, and ponds in England, and is known to grow 

 to be upwards of thirty pounds in weight. In 

 the northern countries of Europe it grows to a very 

 considerable size ; four or five feet not being an 

 uncommon length, and some have been taken eight 

 feet or more. 



The head of the Pike is very flat, the eyes are 

 small and of a gold tinge ; the upper jaw is broad 

 and shorter than the lower, which turns up a little 

 at the end, and is marked with minute punctures ; 

 the teeth are very sharp, disposed not only in 

 the point of the upper jaw, but in both sides of 

 the lower, in the roof of the mouth, and it has often 

 three rows upon the tongue, and even down to 



