Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 300
... Tench , on account of its healing powers ; but it is apprehended , this observation has no evidence to support it , and this supposed self - denial of the Pike may be fairly attri- buted to a different cause ; namely , that Tench are so ...
... Tench , on account of its healing powers ; but it is apprehended , this observation has no evidence to support it , and this supposed self - denial of the Pike may be fairly attri- buted to a different cause ; namely , that Tench are so ...
Page 301
... Tench he spares , a medicinal kind , For when by wounds distrest , or sore disease , He courts the salutary fish for ease ; Close to his scales , the kind Physician glides , And sweats a healing balsam from his sides . " GESNER relates ...
... Tench he spares , a medicinal kind , For when by wounds distrest , or sore disease , He courts the salutary fish for ease ; Close to his scales , the kind Physician glides , And sweats a healing balsam from his sides . " GESNER relates ...
Page 317
... 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 ...
Contents
TITLE PAGE | 1 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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