Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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... eggs , are striking curiosities . The Egg of a Smelt ( continues Mr. H. ) which weighs at its full growth but three or four ounces , appeared larger than those of a Cod of twenty pounds weight , and which might have grown to forty ...
... eggs , are striking curiosities . The Egg of a Smelt ( continues Mr. H. ) which weighs at its full growth but three or four ounces , appeared larger than those of a Cod of twenty pounds weight , and which might have grown to forty ...
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... Eggs . 148,000 Ova are said to have been taken from a Pike caught in the Rhine , which did not weigh above Nine pounds . No. 1. of the Tench certainly had a much larger number of Eggs ; but being extremely distended with Spawn , and ...
... Eggs . 148,000 Ova are said to have been taken from a Pike caught in the Rhine , which did not weigh above Nine pounds . No. 1. of the Tench certainly had a much larger number of Eggs ; but being extremely distended with Spawn , and ...
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... Eggs to a Time of Examining . Grain . Nos Oz . Dr. Grains . Grains . 1 2 14 1824 133,407 23 731 February 21 . 2 3 84 152 FLOUNDER . 225,568 19 1484 December 18 . 3 6 12 598 351,026 264 587 March 14 . 4 24 4 2,200 1,357,400 244 617 Ditto ...
... Eggs to a Time of Examining . Grain . Nos Oz . Dr. Grains . Grains . 1 2 14 1824 133,407 23 731 February 21 . 2 3 84 152 FLOUNDER . 225,568 19 1484 December 18 . 3 6 12 598 351,026 264 587 March 14 . 4 24 4 2,200 1,357,400 244 617 Ditto ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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