The Complete Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing, Volume 2Nattali and Bond, 1860 - 129 pages |
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Page 134
... in the second book of Ovid's Metamorphoses ; where Cadmus , by scattering the serpent's teeth on the ground , causes armed men to spring out of it . H. And now , I shall shew you how to bait 134 PART I. THE COMPLETE ANGLER .
... in the second book of Ovid's Metamorphoses ; where Cadmus , by scattering the serpent's teeth on the ground , causes armed men to spring out of it . H. And now , I shall shew you how to bait 134 PART I. THE COMPLETE ANGLER .
Page 137
... angler , and be of excellent use : for note , that a large Trout will come as fiercely at a minnow as the highest - mettled hawk doth seize on a par- tridge , or a greyhound on a hare . I have been told that one hundred and sixty ...
... angler , and be of excellent use : for note , that a large Trout will come as fiercely at a minnow as the highest - mettled hawk doth seize on a par- tridge , or a greyhound on a hare . I have been told that one hundred and sixty ...
Page 138
... ; Mr. Ray's Wisdom of God manifested in the works of the Creation , 298. and Franc . Redi , De Gen. Insect . H. 7 In his History of Serpents . 8 year to be caterpillars . And some affirm , 138 PART I. THE COMPLETE ANGLER .
... ; Mr. Ray's Wisdom of God manifested in the works of the Creation , 298. and Franc . Redi , De Gen. Insect . H. 7 In his History of Serpents . 8 year to be caterpillars . And some affirm , 138 PART I. THE COMPLETE ANGLER .
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