Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 291
... weighed in the heaviest , three ounces and a half ; the stomach was completely closed , and appeared , from its thick- ness , not to have been distended by food for some time : both the fat and the stomach were shewn to many Fishmongers ...
... weighed in the heaviest , three ounces and a half ; the stomach was completely closed , and appeared , from its thick- ness , not to have been distended by food for some time : both the fat and the stomach were shewn to many Fishmongers ...
Page 317
... weighed 47 lb. gross , 36 lb. after being cleaned , of eatable meat , was 481⁄2 inches long , and 2 feet 2 inches in circumference : this fish must have got into the lake when very small , and had acquired this enormous size in twenty ...
... weighed 47 lb. gross , 36 lb. after being cleaned , of eatable meat , was 481⁄2 inches long , and 2 feet 2 inches in circumference : this fish must have got into the lake when very small , and had acquired this enormous size in twenty ...
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... weighed half a pound ; they are often sold in the London streets under the name of dried Sparlings , being split and dried , and are recommended by the Gentlemen who take their gills of a morning , as adding to the wine a particular ...
... weighed half a pound ; they are often sold in the London streets under the name of dried Sparlings , being split and dried , and are recommended by the Gentlemen who take their gills of a morning , as adding to the wine a particular ...
Contents
TITLE PAGE | 1 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland | 57 |
TABLE FOR BAITS | 199 |
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