PIKE. 35 
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at Antwerp, tested this “fact” by constructing 
two new ponds, one of which was stocked with 
pike, and the other with small fresh-water fish. 
After two days the ponds were emptied, when it 
was found that some of the pike had made the 
journey between the two, and had created sad 
havoc among their neighbours. This experiment, 
however, could hardly be taken as offering con- 
clusive evidence of the truth of the “fact” it 
was intended to demonstrate. The habit of pike 
sunning themselves on the top of the water and 
their going in pairs is well known. 
