Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 175
... considerable distance above Edinburgh , in the Western Extremity of the County . In a course of fourteen miles , it drives no less than eighty mills of different kinds , and some of them rent so high as twenty pounds per foot of ...
... considerable distance above Edinburgh , in the Western Extremity of the County . In a course of fourteen miles , it drives no less than eighty mills of different kinds , and some of them rent so high as twenty pounds per foot of ...
Page 183
... considerable windings towards the south ; the country it traverses is un- equal , nor is the stream itself considerable ; on the southern shore is the small town and port of Bervie , where it reaches the Sea . In these rivers is plenty ...
... considerable windings towards the south ; the country it traverses is un- equal , nor is the stream itself considerable ; on the southern shore is the small town and port of Bervie , where it reaches the Sea . In these rivers is plenty ...
Page 521
... considerable bigness . It is well known , that near Shrewsbury ( where they are called Sampsons ) , they are in such quantities in the month of September , that an Angler , in a Corracle , ( the small wicker boat of the Country ...
... considerable bigness . It is well known , that near Shrewsbury ( where they are called Sampsons ) , they are in such quantities in the month of September , that an Angler , in a Corracle , ( the small wicker boat of the Country ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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