Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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... numbers , by the means above men- tioned , are considerably lesssened , and thus two im- portant purposes are answered in the Economy of Nature ; by the extraordinary fruitfulness of fishes , amongst a Host of Foes it preserves the ...
... numbers , by the means above men- tioned , are considerably lesssened , and thus two im- portant purposes are answered in the Economy of Nature ; by the extraordinary fruitfulness of fishes , amongst a Host of Foes it preserves the ...
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... numbers that are taken at one shooting of the nets is astonishing . Upon the fifth of October 1767 , there were at ... number of men on the sea , thereby training them to naval affairs ; finds work for men , women , and children ...
... numbers that are taken at one shooting of the nets is astonishing . Upon the fifth of October 1767 , there were at ... number of men on the sea , thereby training them to naval affairs ; finds work for men , women , and children ...
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... numbers without seeing them . A seasonable flood , however , hurries them to the sea , very few being left in the ... number and size , until about the end of July , which is at Berwick termed the height of the Gilse time ( the ...
... numbers without seeing them . A seasonable flood , however , hurries them to the sea , very few being left in the ... number and size , until about the end of July , which is at Berwick termed the height of the Gilse time ( the ...
Contents
TITLE PAGE | 1 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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