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broken ring attached to it, importing that it was 

 placed in the lake in 1230 — giving it the wonder- 

 ful longevity of two hundred and fortynine years. 

 The very ring is still kept at Manheim. 



Many years since an old pike siezed the head 

 of a swan, in Lord Gower's canal, and gorged so 

 much of it, that both the fish and the majestic bird 

 were killed. Combats have been witnessed be- 

 tween two of them. 



In a well stocked pond on a gentleman's estate, 

 in England, one single pike, in about one year, 

 became sole lord of the water, having completely 

 devoured every fish. 



The pike-ponds of Poland have been sources 

 of immense profit, in former times, to the proprie- 

 tors, and might be so in the vicinity of any of our 

 large towns. One acre of poor land, turned into 

 a pond, and stocked with pickerel, would yield 

 more income to the owner, than the produce of 

 six acres of cultivated land. 



We entertain the hope that some attention will 

 be paid to this sure source of domestic economy, 

 by the Horticultural Society of Boston, — who by 

 offering premiums, might bring this delightful fish 

 in considerable plenty, into our markets. 



There have been several laws enacted, from 

 time to time, by the Legislature of Massachusetts, 

 for protecting pickerel, and specifying the time 



