Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 302
... taken in rivers ) , which is in its greatest splendour , when the fish is most in season ; the tail is quite even at the end , and very broad . The Tench loves still waters , and their haunts in rivers are chiefly among weeds , and in ...
... taken in rivers ) , which is in its greatest splendour , when the fish is most in season ; the tail is quite even at the end , and very broad . The Tench loves still waters , and their haunts in rivers are chiefly among weeds , and in ...
Page 42
... taken out of mud in standing waters . The Italians have the fol- lowing proverb , " Give Eels and no wine to your enemies . " The common eel will grow to a large size , sometimes to weigh twenty pounds , but that is extremely rare ; in ...
... taken out of mud in standing waters . The Italians have the fol- lowing proverb , " Give Eels and no wine to your enemies . " The common eel will grow to a large size , sometimes to weigh twenty pounds , but that is extremely rare ; in ...
Page 71
... taken for the preservation of the game , and to prevent poaching , are not only for the benefit of lords of manors , but even of the young persons who enter into them , as this sort of idleness generally leads them to worse consequences ...
... taken for the preservation of the game , and to prevent poaching , are not only for the benefit of lords of manors , but even of the young persons who enter into them , as this sort of idleness generally leads them to worse consequences ...
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abundance anal fins Angler angling bait Barbel barrel belly birds bite body bottom Bream breed brown called Carp caught Charr Cock colour Dace deep dorsal fin dusky Eels eggs fasten feathers feed feet fish fishery flies float four Fowl Game Gamekeeper gentle Gillaroo ground Gudgeon hackle hair half head holes hook II.-PART inches long justice of peace keep killed kind lake length lob-worms Loch middle miles Minnow mohair mountains mouth night numbers ounces Partridges Perch Pheasant piece Pike plenty pond pounds pounds weight Quadrupeds quantity quill rain rises river Roach runs Salmon season shank shooting shot side silk soon Spaniels spawn species spot spring streams summer tail taken Tench Trout weeds weighed wild wind wings winter wood Woodcocks worms yards young