Four feet, wings, and fins . n-fishes are pretty if they dont looklike the sun, said May. Thems dot pitty wed fins, said Rose. So has the perch, said May. Perch are the hungriest fish I ever saw, saidFrank. If you once get into a school of them,and have plenty t)f bait, you can catch every one ifyou are careful. Are they any hungrier than pike, asked Grace. I didnt think of them when I spoke; but apike daresnt touch a perch. A perch is alwaysready for him. Do you ever catch any pike, here?asked Grace. We catch them down in the mill-pond in winter-time. A hole is cut through the ice and the bai
Four feet, wings, and fins . n-fishes are pretty if they dont looklike the sun, said May. Thems dot pitty wed fins, said Rose. So has the perch, said May. Perch are the hungriest fish I ever saw, saidFrank. If you once get into a school of them,and have plenty t)f bait, you can catch every one ifyou are careful. Are they any hungrier than pike, asked Grace. I didnt think of them when I spoke; but apike daresnt touch a perch. A perch is alwaysready for him. Do you ever catch any pike, here?asked Grace. We catch them down in the mill-pond in winter-time. A hole is cut through the ice and the baitlet down. They are so hungry that great numbersare caught. The pike is a long, slim fish, 437 THE FISHING PARTY. The pike/ said Grace, is the biggest eater ofall the fish, eating anything it can swallow. Many atime it has choked to death trying to swallow some-thing larger than itself. The pike, as well as thepickerel of the New England states, belongs to theEsocidcs family. They have large mouths, sharpteeth and soft Is a pickerel as large as a pike ? asked Frank Didnt you know pickerel is the diminutive ofpike ? I have heard that pike live to be two or threehundred years old. I doubt it though. 438
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