Rural Sports, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 |
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Page 36
... sometimes catch an indivi- dual fish of more than double the weight of what is deemed a full sized fish of that Species , especially in those situations where they have been strictly guarded from danger . Carp and Eels of very large ...
... sometimes catch an indivi- dual fish of more than double the weight of what is deemed a full sized fish of that Species , especially in those situations where they have been strictly guarded from danger . Carp and Eels of very large ...
Page 206
... sometimes arrive at the weight of nine or ten pounds . LOUGH NEAGH is the largest lake in Europe , those of Ladoga and Onega in Russia , and that of Geneva in Switzerland , excepted : it being twenty miles long , and fifteen broad , and ...
... sometimes arrive at the weight of nine or ten pounds . LOUGH NEAGH is the largest lake in Europe , those of Ladoga and Onega in Russia , and that of Geneva in Switzerland , excepted : it being twenty miles long , and fifteen broad , and ...
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... ( sometimes called the Clap - bait , ) are the produce of the Beetle , and are found in the state of worms or grubs , under Cow or Horse - dung in the fields , when the drops are about half dry ; they are of a yellowish white , with red ...
... ( sometimes called the Clap - bait , ) are the produce of the Beetle , and are found in the state of worms or grubs , under Cow or Horse - dung in the fields , when the drops are about half dry ; they are of a yellowish white , with red ...
Contents
Fishing and Anecdotes respecting the Natural | 37 |
Account of Rivers in England Scotland | 77 |
Angling | 219 |
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