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FISHES I HAVE KNOWN 



copious gulps of air. My admiration of these noble 

 fish — dubbed by Izaak Walton, " the queen of 

 rivers, a stately, a good, and a very subtle fish " — 

 was deepened when I made acquaintance with the 

 choice Prussian carp in the Empress Frederick's 

 gardens at Friedrickshof, for they were tame, and 

 almost took pieces of bread out of my hand. 



In Lord Tollemache's splendid park at Helming- 

 ham Hall, Suffolk (the finest moated building in 

 England), there are several large stews with stores 

 of huge carp tliat I ha\-e longed to angle for as I 

 have watched them sunning themselves on the 

 surface, or lazily rolling over and over in utter 



