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In the seas, in the lakes, and in the rivers, there are fewer fish from year to year. In our Pestchanka, I remember, pike used to be caught a yard long, and there were eel-pouts, and roach, and bream, and every fish had a presentable appearance; while nowadays, if you catch a wretched little pikelet or perch six inches long you have to be thankful.
"Well, to me they seemed as if so many young eels had grown ashamed of being so long and thin, and they had been feeding themselves up and squeezing themselves short, so as to look as like tench as possible." "Oh, I know what you mean!" cried Tom. "Eel-pouts! they're just about half-way between eels and tench." "Nay, yow wean't catch them here," said Dave oracularly.
"Hark at him, young Tom Tallington!" and he uttered now a peculiarly ugly harsh laugh "young squire ar'n't going to eat any more bacon, 'cause it's cruel to kill the pigs; nor no eels, because they has to be caught; and he wean't catch no more jacks, nor eel-pouts, nor yet eat any rabbud-pie! Ha ha ha ha ha!"
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