Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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... Tench underwent a similar fate with the Barbel , as to its notice by the early writers ; and AUSONIUS , who first mentions , treats it with that disrespect , which evinces the capriciousness of taste ; for the Tench , which is now held ...
... Tench underwent a similar fate with the Barbel , as to its notice by the early writers ; and AUSONIUS , who first mentions , treats it with that disrespect , which evinces the capriciousness of taste ; for the Tench , which is now held ...
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... Tench could be better grown , or of a sweeter flavour ; many were taken that weighed nine , and some ten pounds the brace ; and the skull and back - bone of one pre- served at the Hall , which was found dead by the side of the water ...
... Tench could be better grown , or of a sweeter flavour ; many were taken that weighed nine , and some ten pounds the brace ; and the skull and back - bone of one pre- served at the Hall , which was found dead by the side of the water ...
Page 300
... Tench underwent a similar fate with the Barbel , as to its notice by the early writers ; and AUSONIUS , who first mentions , treats it with that disrespect , which evinces the capriciousness of taste ; for the Tench , which is now held ...
... Tench underwent a similar fate with the Barbel , as to its notice by the early writers ; and AUSONIUS , who first mentions , treats it with that disrespect , which evinces the capriciousness of taste ; for the Tench , which is now held ...
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abundance anal fins Angler angling bait Barbel barrel belly birds bite body bottom Bream breed brown called Carp caught Charr Cock colour Dace deep dorsal fin dusky Eels eggs fasten feathers feed feet fish fishery flies float four Fowl Game Gamekeeper gentle Gillaroo ground Gudgeon hackle hair half head holes hook II.-PART inches long justice of peace keep killed kind lake length lob-worms Loch middle miles Minnow mohair mountains mouth night numbers ounces Partridges Perch Pheasant piece Pike plenty pond pounds pounds weight Quadrupeds quantity quill rain rises river Roach runs Salmon season shank shooting shot side silk soon Spaniels spawn species spot spring streams summer tail taken Tench Trout weeds weighed wild wind wings winter wood Woodcocks worms yards young