Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 41
Page 89
... receives the tide ; the no- ble ruin of Berry Pomeroy Castle occupies an emi- nence on the east ; it then runs by Kings Weare and Dartmouth , the ivied walls of whose Castle and its rustic Spire , starting out from beneath a rocky hill ...
... receives the tide ; the no- ble ruin of Berry Pomeroy Castle occupies an emi- nence on the east ; it then runs by Kings Weare and Dartmouth , the ivied walls of whose Castle and its rustic Spire , starting out from beneath a rocky hill ...
Page 143
... receives the Swale from Richmond , both these rivers forming the Ouse . The Ure is particularly celebrated for the abundance and fla- vour of its Crayfish . The SWALE , though less , is equally rapid , and rises northward of the Ure ...
... receives the Swale from Richmond , both these rivers forming the Ouse . The Ure is particularly celebrated for the abundance and fla- vour of its Crayfish . The SWALE , though less , is equally rapid , and rises northward of the Ure ...
Page 153
... receives the tide , falling at length into the recess . of the Bay of Cardigan , called the Burry ; within this vast expanse of water the Taave , the Towey , and the Laghor find their passage to the sea . The TAAVE , OF TIVY , rises in ...
... receives the tide , falling at length into the recess . of the Bay of Cardigan , called the Burry ; within this vast expanse of water the Taave , the Towey , and the Laghor find their passage to the sea . The TAAVE , OF TIVY , rises in ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
4 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abundance anal fins Angler angling animals artificial fly bait banks Barbel belly bite body bottom Bream Bridge Bristol Channel brown called Carp caught Charr Chub colour cork course Dace deep Ditto dorsal fin Dubbing Eels fasten feather feet fins fish fishery flies float flows four fresh gentle Gillaroo Grayling ground-bait Gudgeon hackle hair head herl holes hook inches long joins Justice of peace kind Lake length lob-worms Loch Lough middle miles Minnow mohair mountains mouth nearly numbers PENNANT Perch piece Pike plenty pond pounds pounds weight quantity quill rain rises river Roach round runs Salmon salt Season shank shire Shoals side silk sort spawn species spot Spring streams Summer tail taken Tench Thames town Trout twist warp weeds weight whip wind wings worms yards yellow