"Oh, I am completely oat of it this
small eel being all I have taken."
"There we differ with yon," encourag
ingly replied tbe visitors: "for this
and another eel of about the same size
are all we have seen taken to-day."
The hopes raised were, however,
dashed to tbe ground, for tbe other eel
weighed a bare eighth of an ounce
more, and took the prize. In tbe late
Sheffield contest, 4 pounds 15 ounces
won the prize of forty guineas. The
emalluess of tbe take. 1 perhaps, to be
explained by the fact of the competi
tors forming a line on tbe bank to tlte
distance of three and a half miles, the
fish being rendered powerless to teed
from shear nernlexitr. Fancy a ttsh
coming suddenly upou an array of food
banging in mid-water as far as the eye
can reach, looking to a human rye like
an endless street of butchers shops.
Fancy, 1 say, a fish coming upon such
a scene. Here a bunch of gentles at
tracts its attention ; bat. before it nas
made np bis mind, a lively brandling
wriirirlM itself into notice. Then a
choice piece of jrrares te triple tbe palate
only to be supplanted by a wasp grab;
until tbe bewildered creature attempts
to fly the scene, but in vain. Turu
where it will, food still meets ita view ;
for miles nothing but food, food, food.
Wlater Aaaaeeeaeata.
