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Owls poachers of Gold and Silver Fish. The 

 Rev. Mr. Brown, of Allesley, related that the 

 common brown owl was seen to feed its young with 

 live fish, chiefly loach and bull-heads, taken out of 

 a neighbouring brook ; and another correspondent 

 confirms the fact, which is corroborated by a 

 labourer employed by the Duchess of Portland to 

 watch the fish-pond in the flower-garden at Bui- 

 strode. The Duchess having lost many gold and 

 silver fish, suspected the pond had been poached ; 

 and the watchman detected the robbers, whom 

 he saw alight on the side of the pond, and there 

 capture and devour the fish. The robbers proved 

 to be the common brown owls. 



Jesse's Gleanings, second series. 



THE TENCH. 



This fish is a native of most parts of the globe ; 

 its length, from twelve to fourteen inches ; and 

 weight, from four to twenty pounds. It is very 

 similar in its habits to the carp : it delights and 

 thrives best in stagnant ponds, and haunts shaded 

 places, under the roots of trees ; it takes the same 



