Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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... animals , descending in regular progression from the most perfect to the most imperfect . The preparations to ... animals which may be reckoned superior , such as quadrupeds , birds , and amphibious animals ; 8 FISHING .
... animals , descending in regular progression from the most perfect to the most imperfect . The preparations to ... animals which may be reckoned superior , such as quadrupeds , birds , and amphibious animals ; 8 FISHING .
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... animals may be considered as being produced from vegetable matter , changed by the animal process into its present state . In like manner , the flesh of all fishes may be deemed to be water ( or some diaphanous matter administered ...
... animals may be considered as being produced from vegetable matter , changed by the animal process into its present state . In like manner , the flesh of all fishes may be deemed to be water ( or some diaphanous matter administered ...
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... animals , we find that of sight to be more piercing , extensive , and exact in Birds than in Quadrupeds ; and this , from the conformation of the eye , which is so or- ganized , as to render their vision infinitely superior to that of ...
... animals , we find that of sight to be more piercing , extensive , and exact in Birds than in Quadrupeds ; and this , from the conformation of the eye , which is so or- ganized , as to render their vision infinitely superior to that of ...
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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