88 ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



tween times, many a rueful look at his snow-white 

 fleet of geese and goslings, who cackled out their 

 sympathy for their afflicted commodore. At length 

 victory declared in favour of the feathered angler, 

 who, bearing away for the nearest shore, landed, 

 on the smooth green, one of the largest pikes ever 

 caught in the castle-loch. The adventure is said 

 to have cured the gander of his propensity for wan- 

 dering. 



In the reservoir near Glasgow, the country peo- 

 ple are reported to be in the habit of employing 

 ducks in this novel mode of fishing. This latter 

 fact is not vouched for, but may be inquired into. 



The principal way to take a pike in Shropshire 

 is to procure a goose, take one of the pike lines, 

 baited, tie the line under the left wing, and over 

 the right wing of the goose, turn it into a pond 

 where pikes are, and you are sure to have some 

 sport. Barker. 



Pike and Eagle. Mr. Loyd, in his Sporting 

 Anecdotes of the North, observes, that there are 

 numerous instances of eagles pouncing on pike 

 when basking near the surface of the water. One 

 of them not being able to disengage his talons, 

 was, of course, drowned. The eagles have been 

 known to strike turbots and other fish in the sea 

 with similar results. 



