On Monday, was caught, in the Frogmore canal, a brace of pike, of the weight of forty-eight pounds; the male fish weighed twenty-two pounds and a quarter, the female twenty-five pounds and three quarters. To the disciples of old Izaak a view of these fish would be most interesting, as they were in the height of the season. They were forwarded to Brighton, by Mr. Watkins, steward to her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, for the use of the Royal table.

Windsor Paper, Dec. 1832.

An enormous pike caught at Chillington pool, in Brewood, Staffordshire, seat of C. F. Gifford, Esq., weighed forty-six pounds, and measured from head to tail, four feet three inches. In its belly was found a trout, weighing four pounds and a half; and a mole, with which the fish was caught when devouring it.-County Chron. June, 1822.

Instances of the Rapacity of the Pike.-Pike taken with a gorged rusty Hook projecting out of his Side, &c. &c.—A friend of mine caught a pike a few minutes after breaking his tackle, and found it in the pike, with a part of the gimp hanging out of his mouth. He also caught another in high condition, with a piece of strong wire projecting from its side on opening it, a double eel-hook was found at the end of the wire, much corroded. This may

account for so few pike being dead after they have

broken away with a gorge

hook in them.

Jesse's Gleanings.

An account will be found in Davy's Salmonia, of a pike taking a bait with a set of four hooks in his mouth, which he had just before broken from a line.

** This proves the assertion under the head Trout, of the want of sensibility of fish in being hooked.

Two boys, one about seven, the other about nine, the sons of Mr. Dilworth, of Charlceste, after play, went to a pond belonging to the Rev. Mr. Lacy, to wash their hands. A pike seized the hand of Dilworth, who drew back his hand with the pike, and threw it on the bank, without its letting go; but the boys were too much confused, to prevent its gaining its native element. The hand of the boy was much lacerated.

Warwickshire Advertiser, Oct. 12, 1822.

A pike of a monstrous size in the Earl of Abingdon's mote, destroyed four young swans, feathers and all. It was remarkable, that an old cobb swan hatched five young ones, and the fifth would have shared the fate of the others but for the gardener's assistance. Gent. Mag.

As Mr. Leigh's gamekeepers were dragging a part of the river Avon, under Berscott Wood, they caught a pike, which, after laying on the bank, wanted to disgorge something; it was immediately opened, and another fish taken out of its belly, of two feet two inches, weighing four pounds and a half; the weight of the pike was sixteen pounds.

Near Youghall, a yearling calf drinking in the river Blackwater, was seized by a pike, which was drawn out of the water before quitting hold; it weighed thirty-five pounds. Ireland is remarkable for abundance of pike; in the Shannon and Lough Corrib they have been found seventy pounds weight.

Daniel's Rural Sports.

A girl fourteen years of age went to a pool of water belonging to S. P. Wolferstan, esq. at Stratford, in Staffordshire, to wash herself; whilst so doing a large pike seized one of her hands, by which it was instantaneously hauled ashore, and secured with difficulty, — the hand was much lacerated. The fish was two feet ten inches long. June, 1822.

On emptying a pool which had not been fished for ages at Lillishall Lime Works, near Newport,

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an enormous pike was found, weighing upwards of one hundred and seventy pounds.

Dodsley's Register, 1765.

A monstrous large pike taken at Loch Alva, by Colonel Thornton, measured five feet four inches; weight forty-eight pounds.

At Loch Spey a pike was killed that weighed one hundred and forty-six pounds.

Thornton's Sporting Tour.

A large pike was caught in the river Ouse which weighed twenty-eight pounds, and was sold to a gentleman, of Littlepont, for one guinea,the cook found in the fish a watch, with a black riband and keys, maker's name Cranfield Burnham: upon inquiry, the watch had been sold to a gentleman's servant who was, unfortunately, drowned. Gent. Mag. vol. xxxv.

Sir Cecil Wray caught, in 1799, at the draining of the water from his lake, at Summer Castle, a pike that weighed forty-seven pounds.

A pike was caught in Bixton river, near Norwich, which weighed forty-six pounds.

Dodsley's Register, vol. iii.

A large pike was caught in the Ouse, near Passenham, fifty-nine inches long, and fourteen in

width; a painting of this pike was preserved at Perry's Park House.

Morton's Nat. History of Stafford.

A large male pike was caught in Exon park, belonging to the Earl of Gainsboro,-length four feet, girth two feet and a half, weight, thirty-seven pounds; it was the largest ever taken in these Gent. Mag. vol. lxvi.

waters.

Pike were taken in Whittleseamere, and in Blenheim lake, of twenty pounds weight, and of thirtyfive pounds in Winandermere.

New Monthly Mag. 1820.

Mr. Waring, when trying for roach with a single gut line, and strong hook, was suddenly seized and carried away. The tackle was let go, and art resorted to to tire the fish; but the punt was obliged to be let go, and the fish took punt and every thing down the stream for some distance, without appearing to lose any of his strength. By great skill he was at length brought to the top of the water, and got home just as he arrived at some weeds, where he must inevitably have liberated himself; it proved to be a pike of sixteen pounds and a half weight, hooked under his vent-gill, leaving him power to escape.

Sporting Mag. June, 1835,