OF FISHES. 
217 
PIKE. 
The Pike is of a long and round body; it 
has a plain smooth head, and is covered 
with small close-set. scales, of a whitish 
colour; the body on all sides is sprinkled 
with yellowish spots, in the young ones 
more green. The upper jaw has no teeth; 
these by turns are moveable and fixed ; as 
for example, the first moveable, the second 
fixed; the third moveable, the fourth fixed, 
and so throughout. The Pike inhabits rivers, 
lakes, ponds, &c. It is no sea fish, nor 
often found in the mouths of rivers, unless 
carried thither by the force and violence of 
the waves, and then it is void of juice, 
unpleasant, and ready to putrify. 
