Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 196
... winter ; a windy winter , a rainy spring ; a rainy spring , a fine sum- mer ; a fine summer , a windy autumn ; but it is very rare that the seasons succeed each other in the same tenor for two years together : it has been remarked ...
... winter ; a windy winter , a rainy spring ; a rainy spring , a fine sum- mer ; a fine summer , a windy autumn ; but it is very rare that the seasons succeed each other in the same tenor for two years together : it has been remarked ...
Page 197
... winter in this country . The Cuckoo , from its coming betimes in the spring , denotes that a hot summer will follow . Acorns and Haws in plenty , a long severe winter ; nuts plentiful , and the broom and almond tree full of blossoms ...
... winter in this country . The Cuckoo , from its coming betimes in the spring , denotes that a hot summer will follow . Acorns and Haws in plenty , a long severe winter ; nuts plentiful , and the broom and almond tree full of blossoms ...
Page 243
... winter deprived it of its usual supply . Necessity compelled it to approach the house , by which it became familiarized to occasional interrup- tions from the family . It was observed by one of the servants , that the Lapwing always ...
... winter deprived it of its usual supply . Necessity compelled it to approach the house , by which it became familiarized to occasional interrup- tions from the family . It was observed by one of the servants , that the Lapwing always ...
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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