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The Pike is alfo obierved to be a 

 melancholly, and a bold nfh: Me- 

 lancholly, becaufehe alwaiesfwims 

 or refts himlelfe alone, and never 

 fwims in {holes, or with company, 

 as Roach &T\& Dace, and moft other 

 fiili do : And bold, becaufe he fears 

 not a fhadow, or to fee or be feen of 

 any body, as the "Trout and Chub, 

 and all other fifti do. 



And it is obferved by Gefner y t\\zt 

 the bones,and hearts,& gals of Pikes 

 are very medicinable for feveral 

 Dileafes, as to flop bloud, to abate 

 Fevers, to cure Agues, to oppole 

 or expel the infection of the Plague, 

 and to be many wayes medicinable 

 and ufeful for the good of mankind; 

 but that the biting of a Pike is vene- 

 mous and hard to be cured. 



And it is obferved,that the Pike is 

 a fifh that breeds but once ayear,and 

 that other fifh (as namely Loaches) 

 do breed oftner ; as we are certaine 

 Pigeons dc almoft every month, and 



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