Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 134
... pounds is soon obtained ; one weighing twenty - seven pounds so taken he eat of . To evince the quantity of fish in this river , he instances a fisherman bringing three Trouts , weighing fourteen pounds , and selling them to Mr. Holmes ...
... pounds is soon obtained ; one weighing twenty - seven pounds so taken he eat of . To evince the quantity of fish in this river , he instances a fisherman bringing three Trouts , weighing fourteen pounds , and selling them to Mr. Holmes ...
Page 136
... pounds . In 1780 , 1452 Salmon were taken at one drag of a single net ; the next greatest hawl was in 1758 , when 882 were caught . Fish , in the former year , sold at a penny and three halfpence a pound , fresh , and at 187. and 201 ...
... pounds . In 1780 , 1452 Salmon were taken at one drag of a single net ; the next greatest hawl was in 1758 , when 882 were caught . Fish , in the former year , sold at a penny and three halfpence a pound , fresh , and at 187. and 201 ...
Page 293
... pounds . Mr. LADBROKE , from his Park at Gatton , presented Lord EGREMONT with a brace that weighed thirty - five pounds , as speci- mens , to ascertain whether the Surrey could not vie with the Sussex carp . In 1793 , at the fishing of ...
... pounds . Mr. LADBROKE , from his Park at Gatton , presented Lord EGREMONT with a brace that weighed thirty - five pounds , as speci- mens , to ascertain whether the Surrey could not vie with the Sussex carp . In 1793 , at the fishing of ...
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