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pounds, and, what was singular, had five pounds 

 of solid fat taken from its inside. Rural Sports. 

 A remarkably fine pike was lately caught by 

 Mr. R. Evanry, (as he was trolling with a verj 

 small line) ; this fish was of the immense weight 

 of thirty pounds, measuring three feet six inches 

 in length, and one foot ten inches in girth. It 

 is singular, that in 1827, Mr. Evanry caught a 

 small pike, weighing only two pounds, which, after 

 cutting out one joint of the fin, he threw in again. 

 This pike had lost part of the fin, and is therefore 

 supposed to be the identical fish. 



Salisbury Guardian, March, 1834. 



A Brace of Pike caught by the same Hook and 

 Line at one time, (or ' Killing two Birds with one 

 Stone.') Two gentlemen were lately perch fishing, 

 with minnows, in a pond belonging to Sir G. Crewe, 

 when a pike, apparently about two pounds, was 

 hooked. The assistance of the angler's friend, 

 who was at some distance from the spot, was 

 required to land the fish ; but, before this gentle- 

 man could reach the place, the feel of the rod 

 suddenly indicated an additional weight or resist- 

 ance. When, however, they were enabled to 

 show the fish, he was found seized across the 

 back by a much larger, about ten pounds weight. 

 It now became a matter of consideration how 

 to take both. A stick of some length was hastily 

 cut, and a large treble hook was as speedily at- 

 tached to it; with this the heavier fish was struck 



