CHAP. XIv.] The Saury Pike. 257 
cabinet, or in a corner of the Museum? Why won’t they 
help us? Just because of their want of will. They, like 
many more, go about in what might be termed a state of 
daylight somnambulism—that is, with eyes and ears both 
open, and yet they neither see nor hear of any of these 
things. 
Edward’s appeal was at length responded to. The fish- 
ermen began to collect things for him, and they allowed his 
girls to strip their nets of the “rubbish” they contained. 
One evening some unknown fishermen sent him a present 
of a saury pike (Scomberesox saurius). Edward’s family 
were surprised at hearing some person, very heavily shod, 
ascending the stairs. One said it was a horse and cart; ” 
another said it was the Rooshians. The door was sudden- 
ly opened and flung bang against the wall, when in rushed 
—neither the horse and cart nor the Rooshians—but a lit- 
tle urchin, out of breath, with his mouth wide open. There 
he stood, staring bewildered round the room, but with a 
fish of a silvery hue dangling from his hand. After he 
had regained his breath, he roared out, “Is Tam in?” 
“No.” “?Cause I ha’e a beast till him.” “Fa gi’ed ye’t ?” 
“Aman.” “Fatnaman?” “Dinna ken!” “ Fat like was 
he?’ “Canna tell.” ‘Fat had he on?’ “Dinna mind; 
only that he had a coat ower his airm.” “Fat said he t’ye 
when he gi’ed ye the beast?” “Oh, he bade me take it till 
Tam Edward, and get a penny for’t till mysel.” 
The fish was accepted, the penny was given, and the boy 
tramped down-stairs again. On returning home, Edward 
found a splendid specimen of the above rare fish. The 
next number of the Journal acknowledged the receipt of 
the fish. In the article describing it, Edward said: “By 
whom the fish was sent, or where it was found (though 
doubtless in the neighborhood, from its freshness), remains 
as yet a mystery. However, thanks to ‘the man with the 
coat ower his airm’ in the mean time, and to many others 
whose kindness and attention, though their gifts are not 
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