Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 173
... feet in circumference at the root ; three feet above the surface the former measures nineteen feet and a half , and where the trunk is smallest , eighteen feet ; from the outside of the op- posite branches the distance included is ...
... feet in circumference at the root ; three feet above the surface the former measures nineteen feet and a half , and where the trunk is smallest , eighteen feet ; from the outside of the op- posite branches the distance included is ...
Page 411
... feet long , and 2 feet 9 inches in girth ; the teeth were nearly as long , though not so stout , as those of a Greyhound : the head of this fish was dried with the skin on , and long preserved at the Hall as a great curiosity , not only ...
... feet long , and 2 feet 9 inches in girth ; the teeth were nearly as long , though not so stout , as those of a Greyhound : the head of this fish was dried with the skin on , and long preserved at the Hall as a great curiosity , not only ...
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... Feet in depth ; respecting the hanging of the Net , both parties are usually silent , and perhaps from the same ... feet deep , there must be sixty yards of Net in length , and twenty - four feet in depth , for a sheet drag ; if made ...
... Feet in depth ; respecting the hanging of the Net , both parties are usually silent , and perhaps from the same ... feet deep , there must be sixty yards of Net in length , and twenty - four feet in depth , for a sheet drag ; if made ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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