Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 285
... Perch is tenacious of life ; and it has been said , they have survived a journey of sixty miles packed in dry straw . Perch are found as well in clear , swift rivers , with pebbly , gravelly bottoms , as in those of sandy and clayey ...
... Perch is tenacious of life ; and it has been said , they have survived a journey of sixty miles packed in dry straw . Perch are found as well in clear , swift rivers , with pebbly , gravelly bottoms , as in those of sandy and clayey ...
Page 289
... Perch are Loaches , Sticklebacks , with the spines cut off , Miller's Thumbs , Horse beans boiled ( after the place has been well baited with them , put one at a time on the hook ) , Cad - bait , Bobs , and Gentles . Although generally ...
... Perch are Loaches , Sticklebacks , with the spines cut off , Miller's Thumbs , Horse beans boiled ( after the place has been well baited with them , put one at a time on the hook ) , Cad - bait , Bobs , and Gentles . Although generally ...
Page 317
... Perch is tenacious of life ; and it has been said , they have survived a journey of sixty miles packed in dry straw . Perch are found as well in clear , swift rivers , with pebbly , gravelly bottoms , as in those of sandy and clayey ...
... Perch is tenacious of life ; and it has been said , they have survived a journey of sixty miles packed in dry straw . Perch are found as well in clear , swift rivers , with pebbly , gravelly bottoms , as in those of sandy and clayey ...
Contents
TITLE PAGE | 1 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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