Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 272
... close them again before rain ; this is visible in the down of the Dandelion , and eminently so in the flowers of Burnet , the opening and shut- ting of which is the Countryman's weather - glass for the following day ; if the flowers are ...
... close them again before rain ; this is visible in the down of the Dandelion , and eminently so in the flowers of Burnet , the opening and shut- ting of which is the Countryman's weather - glass for the following day ; if the flowers are ...
Page 452
... close to the stem , and , with the end of the middle finger , press the stem close to the hook , while , with the fore - finger of the right hand , turn the silk into a loop , which when twice put over the end of the shank of the hoop ...
... close to the stem , and , with the end of the middle finger , press the stem close to the hook , while , with the fore - finger of the right hand , turn the silk into a loop , which when twice put over the end of the shank of the hoop ...
Page 466
... close , and thickest at top , keeping the fibres of one lap from being entangled or tied down by another : fasten down the stem close to the fea- ther , by lapping it round with the silk two or three times : cut away what remains of it ...
... close , and thickest at top , keeping the fibres of one lap from being entangled or tied down by another : fasten down the stem close to the fea- ther , by lapping it round with the silk two or three times : cut away what remains of it ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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