The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 11
... river - the stream in the ditch there runs into the river - in rowing ships - how you would like one to play in , Guido ! For they were not like the ships now which are machines , they were rowing ships men's ships - and came right up ...
... river - the stream in the ditch there runs into the river - in rowing ships - how you would like one to play in , Guido ! For they were not like the ships now which are machines , they were rowing ships men's ships - and came right up ...
Page 12
... river up to the place where the stream in the ditch runs in ; just where your papa took you in the punt , and you got the waterlilies , the white ones . " " And wetted my sleeve right up my arm - oh , I know ! I can row you , old Wheat ...
... river up to the place where the stream in the ditch runs in ; just where your papa took you in the punt , and you got the waterlilies , the white ones . " " And wetted my sleeve right up my arm - oh , I know ! I can row you , old Wheat ...
Page 112
... river should receive the more protection . If this applies to the secluded country , far from the stir of cities , still more does it apply to the neighbourhood of London . From a sportsman's point of view , or from that of a naturalist ...
... river should receive the more protection . If this applies to the secluded country , far from the stir of cities , still more does it apply to the neighbourhood of London . From a sportsman's point of view , or from that of a naturalist ...
Page 113
... river with small - bore rifles - a most dangerous thing to do . The result is that the osier - beds on the eyots and by the backwaters - the copses of the river — are almost devoid of life . A few moorhens creep under the aquatic ...
... river with small - bore rifles - a most dangerous thing to do . The result is that the osier - beds on the eyots and by the backwaters - the copses of the river — are almost devoid of life . A few moorhens creep under the aquatic ...
Page 114
... river from being entirely deprived of fish , for it is not long since it appeared as if the stream would be quite cleared out . Large quantities of fish have also been placed in the river taken from ponds and bodily trans- ported to the ...
... river from being entirely deprived of fish , for it is not long since it appeared as if the stream would be quite cleared out . Large quantities of fish have also been placed in the river taken from ponds and bodily trans- ported to the ...
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