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Show iuliie'.ed some vcrv deep woimJ on the back of it. The' boy rai-d his free hand, which was slill bleeding, and struck the jrreut tish a hard blow on. the head, when it disapivurcd. The other hoys assisted my son to dress, ' hound up his hand with their handkcr- , chiefs and brought liiui home. j "c took liiiu to tlie surgeon, who dressed seven wounds in e-ue hand, and so cereal was the pain the next day that the hid fainted twice. The little tinker i was bitten through the nail, and it was more than six weeks Wfore it was well. The nail came off, and the wear remains to tins day- A VORACIOUS FISH. The Attach of & PLkc Upon Flftcou-Year-Old ltuj. Tlie rapacity of the pike is well known. Fish, llesh and fowl t-eem alike acceptable to its palate, anil it does not di-dain mineral products; rinrs. spoons, plummets and other articles have been frequently taken from its maw. The best authenticated instance of attempted attempt-ed manslaughter by the pike is that recorded in "Fiblnn),'." One of my sons, aped fifteen, went with three other boys to bathe in Inplemere pond, near the Ascot racecourse. race-course. He walked into the water to about the depth of four feet, wlu-n he spread out his hands to attempt to swim. At tli.it instant a large fish came up and took his whole hand into its month, but. finding itself unable to swallow it, relinquii-hcd its hold, and tlie boy, turning round, prepared for a hasty retreat. His companions, who saw tin' tts.Ii. serambled out of the pond as fast as r-.sible. My son had scarcely turned around before the iish came up behind him. :u:d. soizinir his nther hand eri.-.swise, |