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English name was the luce, and it occurs in old wri- 

 tings two centuries "before the reformation, when 



"Turkies, hops, carp, pickarel, and beer," 



are said to have been first brought into England. 

 It is surprising that the lying old distich from 

 which the above line is quoted should have de- 

 ceived some modern writers, who ought to have 

 known better, as to the time of pike and carp being 

 first introduced into this country. They are both 

 probably indigenous. The carp is expressly men- 

 tioned in the book of St. Alban's, printed upwards 

 of twenty years, before they "were first introduced,' 

 as is erroneously stated, "by Mr. Leonard Mascal, 

 a Sussex gentleman." Pike grow to a large size, 

 some having been caught in this country weighing 

 upwards of forty pounds. 



The pike, of which an admirable engraving is 

 here inserted, was caught by our friend Mr. Wm. 

 Simpson, with a live-bait, a dace, and single hook, in 

 the Thames, near Marlow, on 22d October last. He 

 was 3 ft. 4 in. long, and weighed 20 Ibs. Though he was 

 strong and struggled hard, yet our friend had him 

 ashore within twenty minutes of his seizing the bait. 



PEKCH. 



In bottom-fishing for perch there is scarcely a 

 better bait than a brandling, or a well-scoured lob- 

 worm, though the former is to be preferred. Two 



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