Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 252
... PENNANT describes the largest and most beautiful to have been sent him from Winander Mere , consisting of five specimens ; two under the name of case charr ( male and female ) ; a third was termed a gelt charr , that is , a Charr which ...
... PENNANT describes the largest and most beautiful to have been sent him from Winander Mere , consisting of five specimens ; two under the name of case charr ( male and female ) ; a third was termed a gelt charr , that is , a Charr which ...
Page 293
... PENNANT speaks to , did not exceed twenty pounds . Mr. LADBROKE , from his Park at Gatton , presented Lord EGREMONT with a brace that weighed thirty - five pounds , as speci- mens , to ascertain whether the Surrey could not vie with the ...
... PENNANT speaks to , did not exceed twenty pounds . Mr. LADBROKE , from his Park at Gatton , presented Lord EGREMONT with a brace that weighed thirty - five pounds , as speci- mens , to ascertain whether the Surrey could not vie with the ...
Page 308
... PENNANT speaks of one in his own knowledge , that was choaked by attempt- ing to swallow one of its own species , that proved too large a morsel : the Pike does not confine itself to feed on fish and frogs , but will devour the water ...
... PENNANT speaks of one in his own knowledge , that was choaked by attempt- ing to swallow one of its own species , that proved too large a morsel : the Pike does not confine itself to feed on fish and frogs , but will devour the water ...
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