. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. ty. The P. is of a dusky olive-brown colour on thenpper parts, becoming lighter and mottled withgreen and yellow on the sides, and passing intosilvery white on the belly; the tins brown ; thelarger fins mottled with white, yellow, and darkgreen. The tail-fin is forked. The P. grows to alarge size, occasionally attaining a weight of sixtyor seventy pounds, although the stories of pikesmuch larger than this are Liable to excessive voracity of the P. has long beenproverbial. No animal substance which it c
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. ty. The P. is of a dusky olive-brown colour on thenpper parts, becoming lighter and mottled withgreen and yellow on the sides, and passing intosilvery white on the belly; the tins brown ; thelarger fins mottled with white, yellow, and darkgreen. The tail-fin is forked. The P. grows to alarge size, occasionally attaining a weight of sixtyor seventy pounds, although the stories of pikesmuch larger than this are Liable to excessive voracity of the P. has long beenproverbial. No animal substance which it canswallow, and which is capable of being digested,seems to be unpalatable to it; and no animallarge enotigh to attract its attention, and whichit can master, escapes being devoured. Mr Jessementions an instance of eight pike, of aboutfive pounds weight each, consuming nearly 800gudgeons in three weeks ; and one of them devouredfour roach, each about four inches in length, in rapidsuccession, and seized the fifth, but kept it in hismouth for about a quarter of an hour before. Pike, or Jack (Esoz lucius), swallowing it. The P. readily attacks a fish of itsown size, and preys freely on the smaller of its ownspecies. Frogs are frequent prey; water-rats andducklings are sometimes devoured. A large takes possession of a particular hole iu thebank of a river, from w^hich it issues to seize anycreature that may pass.—The P. sjiawus in thebeginning of spring, for that purpose ascendingnarrow creeks and ditches, in which it is very easilycaught by nets. Large quantities are caught at thespawning season in Lapland, and dried for futureuse. The P. grows very rapidly when the supply offood is abundant, reaching a length of 8 to 10 inchesin its first year, 12 to 14 in the second, IS to 20in the third, and afterwards increasing for a numberof years at the rate of about four pounds everyyear. A young P. is sometimes called a Jack orPickerel. The name Luce (Lat. ludun) is still knowna
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