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had taken a Pike which reached clear across the dining-table 

 after its head and tail were cut off ; and that it was necessary to 

 have a tin boiler made expressly to cook it. He did not say 

 how much wood was consumed in boiling it ; probably some- 

 thing less than a cord. From his " dare-devil" air, and the 

 leer in his eye I had a faint impression that he was quizzing 

 me. But he affirmed positively as to the length of the fish, 

 as he sat in his shirt-sleeves, with his thumbs under his sus- 

 penders, and a very long native segar in his mouth. 



