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convenience of reference it is divided into six 

 sections, numbered consecutively, from the upper 

 end of the water to the lower. 



Section I. is about two miles in length, and 

 is practically free from pike, as the four netted 

 out of it during the two years referred to were 

 all taken within a hundred yards of the lower 

 end of it. Section II., in which are included a 

 considerable number of tributaries and carriers, 

 measures about two and a half miles, and the 

 remaining Sections, Nos. III., IV., V., VI., are 

 approximately one mile each. 



These figures are given in detail to show that 

 with the most careful work a certain number of 

 pike manage to elude the nets. It also shows 



