ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



Woodcock caught when fishing for a trout. 

 James Holmes, of Pennybridge, Lancaster, tanner, 

 in throwing a jack-fly, caught a woodcock, which 

 a springer dog had put up ; the bird happened to 

 take its flight the instant Holmes was throwing his 

 line, and was hooked by the wing ; Mr. Holmes 

 kept the bird some time. Cumberland Packet. 



The sensibility of the trout when hooked may 

 be applied to fish in general. The hook usually 

 is fixed on the cartilaginous part of the mouth, 

 where there are no nerves, and cold-blooded ani- 

 mals in general are less sensitive than those of 

 warm-blooded animals ; and a proof that the 

 sufferings of a hooked fish cannot be great, is 

 found in the circumstance, that though a trout 

 has been hooked and played with some minutes, 

 he will often, after his escape, with the artificial 

 fly in his mouth, take the natural fly, and feed 

 as if nothing had happened. Salmonia. 



Captain Medwin was of the same opinion about 

 the sensibility of fish when hooked. 



0* Shauyhnessy' s Limerick hooks. The pre- 

 sent vender of these famous hooks is a watch- 

 maker, he is no relation to the old man, but is 

 a good fisherman, and keeps good tackle ; he 

 employs a clever young man, who makes hooks 

 after the original pattern, and ties flies well. 



