A book of the Running Brook And of Still Waters
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Literally "all is fish that comes to his " jaws, with only two exceptions, a tench and a toad. There is a fond superstition that AND OF STILL WATERS. 27 accounts for the pike's leniency towards the tench on the ground that the latter is the pike's physician ; and Camden in his " Britannia " was not afraid to say, " I have seen the bellies of pikes which have been rent open have their gaping wounds presently closed by the touch of the tench, and by his glutinous slime perfectly healed up. " It i...s true that it would be question- able sanity on the part of the pike to eat his doctor ; but the fact that the pike's eyes are on the top of his head, and that the tench lives at the bottom of the muddiest water he can find, may have something to do with this self-denial on the part of the water-wolf.
His own species enjoy no immunity from his universal greed; and there is good reason for believing that more young pickerels are devoured by their parents than by all their other enemies put together, not excepting eels, who, however, account to some extent for the enormous difference between the eggs found in the roe of the female pike and the comparatively small number of pike to be found in our rivers.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Literally "all is fish that comes to his " jaws, with only two exceptions, a tench and a toad. There is a fond superstition that AND OF STILL WATERS. 27 accounts for the pike's leniency towards the tench on the ground that the latter is the pike's physician ; and Camden in his " Britannia " was not afraid to say, " I have seen the bellies of pikes which have been rent open have their gaping wounds presently closed by the touch of the tench, and by his glutinous slime perfectly healed up. " It i...s true that it would be question- able sanity on the part of the pike to eat his doctor ; but the fact that the pike's eyes are on the top of his head, and that the tench lives at the bottom of the muddiest water he can find, may have something to do with this self-denial on the part of the water-wolf.
His own species enjoy no immunity from his universal greed; and there is good reason for believing that more young pickerels are devoured by their parents than by all their other enemies put together, not excepting eels, who, however, account to some extent for the enormous difference between the eggs found in the roe of the female pike and the comparatively small number of pike to be found in our rivers.
What to read after A book of the Running Brook And of Still Waters?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Gertrude Elizabeth Blood Campbell to read onlineMoreLess
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