Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 268
... Beginning with a high southerly wind , and the wind subsides , rain for twelve hours or more , and sometimes con- tinues until a strong north wind clears the air ; be- ginning before sun - rise , will end before noon ; a shower before ...
... Beginning with a high southerly wind , and the wind subsides , rain for twelve hours or more , and sometimes con- tinues until a strong north wind clears the air ; be- ginning before sun - rise , will end before noon ; a shower before ...
Page 318
... beginning of May . Bream swim together in shoals , and may be caught in a gentle stream , the water being rather thick , and a good gale of wind . In ponds , the higher the wind , and when the waves are rough , the better . Of rivers ...
... beginning of May . Bream swim together in shoals , and may be caught in a gentle stream , the water being rather thick , and a good gale of wind . In ponds , the higher the wind , and when the waves are rough , the better . Of rivers ...
Page 514
... beginning the head of the fly , two gaudy strips of feather should be laid on each side the shoul- ders , to stand something longer than the other feathers , whip them there , then finish the head ; and the fly , when thus placed in ...
... beginning the head of the fly , two gaudy strips of feather should be laid on each side the shoul- ders , to stand something longer than the other feathers , whip them there , then finish the head ; and the fly , when thus placed in ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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