Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... animals , such as the Walrus , Seals , & c . who , by their almost constant residence in the water , seem to partake ... animal world seems united to the other ; these , however , are not the immediate objects of consideration in this ...
... animals , such as the Walrus , Seals , & c . who , by their almost constant residence in the water , seem to partake ... animal world seems united to the other ; these , however , are not the immediate objects of consideration in this ...
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... animal life ; some very skilful Ichthyologists maintain , that there are to be found in the different collections of ... animal's weight , to impel it so quickly ; their principal use is to adjust and moderate the movement , communicated ...
... animal life ; some very skilful Ichthyologists maintain , that there are to be found in the different collections of ... animal's weight , to impel it so quickly ; their principal use is to adjust and moderate the movement , communicated ...
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... Animal Kingdom are examined , we find that Nature having intended them for less perfect beings , in her endowments has been proportionably sparing . The Brain , the seat of sensation , is much smaller in fishes than in other animals ...
... Animal Kingdom are examined , we find that Nature having intended them for less perfect beings , in her endowments has been proportionably sparing . The Brain , the seat of sensation , is much smaller in fishes than in other animals ...
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... animal last taken , is dropt into the water , the Cod seizes it at once , and the fishermen have but to pull up as fast as they throw down ; but it is otherwise in fresh water , the lines must be drawn to a hair - like fineness , be ...
... animal last taken , is dropt into the water , the Cod seizes it at once , and the fishermen have but to pull up as fast as they throw down ; but it is otherwise in fresh water , the lines must be drawn to a hair - like fineness , be ...
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... Animal Kingdom , LINNEUS , whose accuracy in examining a great number of subjects , is scarcely to be disputed , confesses , that he has been unable to discover any auditory Organs . Had nature made a provision in their conformation for ...
... Animal Kingdom , LINNEUS , whose accuracy in examining a great number of subjects , is scarcely to be disputed , confesses , that he has been unable to discover any auditory Organs . Had nature made a provision in their conformation for ...
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abundance altho Angler angling animals appear bait Barrels belly birds bite body bottom Bream breed brown called Carp caught Charr Chub Cock colour Dace deep dorsal fin dusky Eels eggs fasten feathers feed feet fins fish fishery flies float four Game Gamekeeper gentle Gillaroo Grayling ground Gudgeon hackle hair half head holes hook inches justice of peace keep killed kind lake Lapwing length Loch manor middle miles Minnow mohair mountains mouth never night numbers ounces Partridges Perch person Pheasant Pike plenty pond pounds pounds weight Quadrupeds quantity quill rain rises river Roach runs Salmon season shank shooting shot side silk Snipes soon Spaniels spawn species spot spring streams summer tail taken Tench Trout weeds weighed Wild Fowl wind wings winter Woodcocks woods worms yards young