THE PIKE FAMILY. 



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enemy was on their nets; the Pike, however, with one 

 spring, jumped over the nearest boat and escaped." ! 



At Oberneukirchen Dr. Genzik himself saw a Pike, taken 

 out of a large tank or preserve, which, after being cleaned, 

 weighed 97 Ibs. and some ounces ; and an officer of Tyro- 

 lese Rifles informed him that whilst at Bregentz during 

 the past autumn (1862), he was present when a Pike was 

 caught weighing upwards of 145 Ibs. 



These accounts, received direct from such an unques- 

 tionable source, go some little way towards acquitting the 

 original historians of the " Emperor's Pike " of the charge 

 of hyperbole, and confirm the probability of the statement 

 of Bloch, that he once examined a portion of the skeleton 

 of a specimen which measured 8 feet. 



The accompanying table shows the comparative lengths 

 and weights of the Pike. (See p. 59.) 



