THE CARP, PIKE, AND EEL. 
Ned has been down to the pool to fish : he took 
his rod and line with him, and a can to put his fish 
in. When he came back, he had in the can some 
Carp, and a Pike : some men call the Pike a Jack. 
The Carp is not like the Pike, but both are good 
to eat. The Carp is a fish with a high back that 
goes up in an arch ; the Pike is long and thin, and 
has a long nose. The Carp is a lazy fish, and gets 
very fat : it is fond of the mud, and can be made 
so tame as to come to be fed at the side of a pond : 
I have been told that some Carp will even come 
