Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 38
... hundred and fifty Ships and eight thousand persons at Newfound- land for six months in the year , and the value of the Fish and Oil , was then computed at three hundred eighty - six thousand four hundred pounds . The in- crease of ...
... hundred and fifty Ships and eight thousand persons at Newfound- land for six months in the year , and the value of the Fish and Oil , was then computed at three hundred eighty - six thousand four hundred pounds . The in- crease of ...
Page 119
... hundred and forty fathoms . By reason of its depth , the water of this Lake never freezes , and during cold weather a violent steam rises from it as from a furnace . Ice brought from other parts , and put into it , instantly thaws , but ...
... hundred and forty fathoms . By reason of its depth , the water of this Lake never freezes , and during cold weather a violent steam rises from it as from a furnace . Ice brought from other parts , and put into it , instantly thaws , but ...
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... hundred years old . A pond in the garden of Emanuel College , Cambridge , con- tained a carp that had been an inhabitant seventy years . They also grow to a very large size ; are sometimes caught in the LAGO DI COMO , in Italy ...
... hundred years old . A pond in the garden of Emanuel College , Cambridge , con- tained a carp that had been an inhabitant seventy years . They also grow to a very large size ; are sometimes caught in the LAGO DI COMO , in Italy ...
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