. The Sportsman's cabinet, and town and country magazine. ^, we must conclude,that, if a gun is fixed so as to preventthe least motion when discharged, itwill shoot with more force than in anyother manner. « fe H-J Town and Country Magazine. 185 TENCH,—(Plate.) By some the tench is termed thephysician of the fish, and who believe,from tradition, that the slime is sohealing, that the wounded apply it as aremedy, and that even the pike willspare the tench, on account of its heal-ing powers; but, it is apprehended, thisobservation has no evidence to supportit, and this supposed self-de
. The Sportsman's cabinet, and town and country magazine. ^, we must conclude,that, if a gun is fixed so as to preventthe least motion when discharged, itwill shoot with more force than in anyother manner. « fe H-J Town and Country Magazine. 185 TENCH,—(Plate.) By some the tench is termed thephysician of the fish, and who believe,from tradition, that the slime is sohealing, that the wounded apply it as aremedy, and that even the pike willspare the tench, on account of its heal-ing powers; but, it is apprehended, thisobservation has no evidence to supportit, and this supposed self-denial of thepike may be fairly attributed to a differ-ent cause; namely, that tench are sofond of mud, as to be constantly at thebottom, where they are probably securefrom the attacks of their voraciousneighbour ; for, as all the different spe-cies are, in some degree, enemies toeach other, it cannot be imagined thatso timid a fish as the tench would pas-sively admit the approach of the pike. Without vouching for the virtue ofits slime upon the inhabitants of thewater, its flesh is undoubtedly a deli-cious and wholesome food to those ofthe earth. The tench does not com-monly exceed four or five pounds inwei
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