Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 148
... half an ounce of Shell , and the same quantity of Seed - lac , powdered fine in a mortar ; put into separate vials , with half a pint of good spirits of wine in each , and placed in a sand heat to dissolve : during the process , shake ...
... half an ounce of Shell , and the same quantity of Seed - lac , powdered fine in a mortar ; put into separate vials , with half a pint of good spirits of wine in each , and placed in a sand heat to dissolve : during the process , shake ...
Page 276
... half a pound , and probably , were they not so common and numerous , would not be so much despised as they now are . WALTON speaks of the largest Roach in the King- dom being in the Thames , where many have been caught of the weight of ...
... half a pound , and probably , were they not so common and numerous , would not be so much despised as they now are . WALTON speaks of the largest Roach in the King- dom being in the Thames , where many have been caught of the weight of ...
Page 207
... half as big as the former , and weighs scarce two ounces , for which reason they are called the half Snipe ; the dimensions are not exactly in the same pro- portion , the length of the Snipe being twelve inches , this eight and a half ...
... half as big as the former , and weighs scarce two ounces , for which reason they are called the half Snipe ; the dimensions are not exactly in the same pro- portion , the length of the Snipe being twelve inches , this eight and a half ...
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