Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 36
... perhaps asleep ; but their Eyes being always open ( as fishes have no Eyelids ) , it is not easy to discern when they are sleeping or not . From the foregoing observations , it would appear , that fish of the same species are capable of ...
... perhaps asleep ; but their Eyes being always open ( as fishes have no Eyelids ) , it is not easy to discern when they are sleeping or not . From the foregoing observations , it would appear , that fish of the same species are capable of ...
Page 182
... perhaps any preceding one , ever produced . The skill of Granny Bab ( the name she was known by ) , in taking all kinds of Game , was never surpassed ; she frequently boasted of selling fish to Gentlemen taken out of their own ponds ...
... perhaps any preceding one , ever produced . The skill of Granny Bab ( the name she was known by ) , in taking all kinds of Game , was never surpassed ; she frequently boasted of selling fish to Gentlemen taken out of their own ponds ...
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... perhaps one day will bring down every bird they fire at , yet , upon an average of three years Shooting , do not ( except in very few instances indeed ) kill more shots than they miss . It is to be remembered , that for the shot to be ...
... perhaps one day will bring down every bird they fire at , yet , upon an average of three years Shooting , do not ( except in very few instances indeed ) kill more shots than they miss . It is to be remembered , that for the shot to be ...
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