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at Antwerp, tested this "fact" by constructing 

 two new ponds, one of which was stocked with 

 pike, and the other with small fresh- water fish. 

 After two days the ponds were emptied, when it 

 was found that some of the pike had made the 

 journey between the two, and had created sad 

 havoc among their neighbours. This experiment, 

 however, could hardly be taken as offering con- 

 clusive evidence of the truth of the "fact" it 

 was intended to demonstrate. The habit of pike 

 sunning themselves on the top of the water and 

 their going in pairs is well known. 



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