Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 173
... spot , and repeated his en- quiry ; very good sport was the reply : the query was naturally resumed , by asking how many fish he had caught ? None at all , answered the Gentleman , but about the middle of the day I had a most glorious ...
... spot , and repeated his en- quiry ; very good sport was the reply : the query was naturally resumed , by asking how many fish he had caught ? None at all , answered the Gentleman , but about the middle of the day I had a most glorious ...
Page 182
... spot , so that it may be disturbed as little as possible . When angling in a boat in the Thames , or any river that ebbs and flows , the boat must be set steady by an anchor or poles ; begin at flood , and continue fish- ing until the ...
... spot , so that it may be disturbed as little as possible . When angling in a boat in the Thames , or any river that ebbs and flows , the boat must be set steady by an anchor or poles ; begin at flood , and continue fish- ing until the ...
Page 142
... spot of that colour upon the shoulder when the wing is closed ; the quills are brown , the lower parts and tips of the secondaries are white , forming a bar of white across the wing : there is likewise a spot of white on the bastard ...
... spot of that colour upon the shoulder when the wing is closed ; the quills are brown , the lower parts and tips of the secondaries are white , forming a bar of white across the wing : there is likewise a spot of white on the bastard ...
Contents
TITLE PAGE | 1 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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