Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 106
... short , and the country through which it flows uninteresting ; it becomes very wide towards its mouth , and falls into the Carmar- thenshire Bay , beneath Llaghuarne and its Castle . The rivers of this county are all famous for Trout ...
... short , and the country through which it flows uninteresting ; it becomes very wide towards its mouth , and falls into the Carmar- thenshire Bay , beneath Llaghuarne and its Castle . The rivers of this county are all famous for Trout ...
Page 356
... short shank , and whipt to the gut till the silk be opposite to its point ; then take the feather , ( being cut across near the point a little way on each side near the stem ) , and whip in the point of it , letting the rest hang down ...
... short shank , and whipt to the gut till the silk be opposite to its point ; then take the feather , ( being cut across near the point a little way on each side near the stem ) , and whip in the point of it , letting the rest hang down ...
Page 365
... short for the legs , but in a sloping form , to be longest at top , and short towards the tail , letting the wings stand sloping downwards . When stroking the feather on the back to stand close and slop- ing , as before observed , if ...
... short for the legs , but in a sloping form , to be longest at top , and short towards the tail , letting the wings stand sloping downwards . When stroking the feather on the back to stand close and slop- ing , as before observed , if ...
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