Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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... Chub . SALVIANUS , who would substitute the word Squalus instead of Scarus , from a supposed error in a certain passage in Columella and Varro , imagines this fish to have been the Squalus of the Antients , but the CHUB is not a fish ...
... Chub . SALVIANUS , who would substitute the word Squalus instead of Scarus , from a supposed error in a certain passage in Columella and Varro , imagines this fish to have been the Squalus of the Antients , but the CHUB is not a fish ...
Page 245
... chub is so fearful , that the smallest shadow of a bird Aying over , or of the rod , makes him sink to the bottom , but he will soon rise again ) ; having selected the largest chub , let him move the rod with great slowness and caution ...
... chub is so fearful , that the smallest shadow of a bird Aying over , or of the rod , makes him sink to the bottom , but he will soon rise again ) ; having selected the largest chub , let him move the rod with great slowness and caution ...
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William Barker Daniel. grasshopper. for. chub. ,. is. to. pinch. off. the. first. joints. of. the legs , and to fish with it as with an artificial fly . In September , when the weed is rotten , the biggest DACE are likewise so caught . The ...
William Barker Daniel. grasshopper. for. chub. ,. is. to. pinch. off. the. first. joints. of. the legs , and to fish with it as with an artificial fly . In September , when the weed is rotten , the biggest DACE are likewise so caught . The ...
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Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
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