Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 112
... Bridge , together with the Isis , almost insulate the city of Oxford ; from thence the Isis runs to Abingdon , and the long straggling town of Dorchester , where the Thame , descending from the central parts of Buckinghamshire , ( and ...
... Bridge , together with the Isis , almost insulate the city of Oxford ; from thence the Isis runs to Abingdon , and the long straggling town of Dorchester , where the Thame , descending from the central parts of Buckinghamshire , ( and ...
Page 179
... bridge * , * The only Passage formerly over the Torrent was an ALPINE Bridge , consisting of sticks thrown over the Rocks and covered with Turf , at the distance of two hundred feet from the Water , at the lowest part of the Fall : it ...
... bridge * , * The only Passage formerly over the Torrent was an ALPINE Bridge , consisting of sticks thrown over the Rocks and covered with Turf , at the distance of two hundred feet from the Water , at the lowest part of the Fall : it ...
Page 362
... Bridge , was for- merly much resorted to by the London Anglers . One favourite Sta- tion was near the Starlings of the Bridge . About 1730 JOHN REEVES , a Waterman , died , who had made a comfortable living by attending Anglers in his ...
... Bridge , was for- merly much resorted to by the London Anglers . One favourite Sta- tion was near the Starlings of the Bridge . About 1730 JOHN REEVES , a Waterman , died , who had made a comfortable living by attending Anglers in his ...
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Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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