Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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... round , are always very near - sighted , and have recourse to concave glasses to amend this imperfection of Nature . The chrystalline humour of fish is so round , that it is not in the power of glasses , much less of water , to cor ...
... round , are always very near - sighted , and have recourse to concave glasses to amend this imperfection of Nature . The chrystalline humour of fish is so round , that it is not in the power of glasses , much less of water , to cor ...
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... round , are always very near - sighted , and have recourse to concave glasses to amend this imperfection of Nature . The chrystalline humour of fish is so round , that it is not in the power of glasses , much less of water , to cor ...
... round , are always very near - sighted , and have recourse to concave glasses to amend this imperfection of Nature . The chrystalline humour of fish is so round , that it is not in the power of glasses , much less of water , to cor ...
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... round the feather , hook , and gut , suffi- cient to make it fast , and cut away what remains of the but- end of the feather , avoiding to hurt the gut , which must be opened and twisted round the shank of the hook : the whip- ping is ...
... round the feather , hook , and gut , suffi- cient to make it fast , and cut away what remains of the but- end of the feather , avoiding to hurt the gut , which must be opened and twisted round the shank of the hook : the whip- ping is ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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