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On Monday, was caught, in the Frogmore ca- 

 nal, a brace of pike, of the weight of forty-eight 

 pounds; the male fish weighed twenty- two pounds 

 and a quarter, the female twenty-five pounds and 

 three quarters. To the disciples of old Izaak a 

 view of these fish would be most interesting, as 

 they were in the height of the season. They were 

 forwarded to Brighton, by Mr. Watkins, steward 

 to her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, for 

 the use of the Royal table. 



Windsor Paper, Dec. 1832. 



An enormous pike caught at Chillington pool, 

 in Brewood, Staffordshire, seat of C. F. Gifford, 

 Esq. , weighed forty-six pounds, and measured from 

 head to tail, four feet three inches. In its belly 

 was found a trout, weighing four pounds and a 

 half ; and a mole, with which the fish was caught 

 when devouring it. County Chron. June, 1822. 



Instances of the Rapacity of the Pike. Pike- 

 taken with a gorged rusty Hook projecting out of 

 his Side, *c. $*c. A friend of mine caught a pike 

 a few minutes after breaking his tackle, and found 

 it in the pike, with a part of the gimp hanging out 

 of his mouth. He also caught another in high con- 

 dition, with a piece of strong wire projecting from its 

 side : on opening it, a double eel-hook was found 

 at the end of the wire, much corroded. This may 



