Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... bait . The greediness which Sea fish discover , and by which they are taken , is prodigious ; the lines of the fishermen who go off to sea , are coarse and clumsy , their baits are seldom more than a piece of a fish , or the flesh of ...
... bait . The greediness which Sea fish discover , and by which they are taken , is prodigious ; the lines of the fishermen who go off to sea , are coarse and clumsy , their baits are seldom more than a piece of a fish , or the flesh of ...
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... bait is Herring , a small fish named a Capelin , a shell fish termed Clums , and bits of Sea Fowl , and with these are caught fish sufficient to find employ for near fifteen thousand British seamen , and to afford subsistence at home ...
... bait is Herring , a small fish named a Capelin , a shell fish termed Clums , and bits of Sea Fowl , and with these are caught fish sufficient to find employ for near fifteen thousand British seamen , and to afford subsistence at home ...
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... bait for Cod and Turbot . Above 450,000 have been sold in a season at forty shillings a thousand , and it is said the Dutch have the secret of preserving them fresh for their Turbot fishery . In the Salwarp , and the Brooks that run ...
... bait for Cod and Turbot . Above 450,000 have been sold in a season at forty shillings a thousand , and it is said the Dutch have the secret of preserving them fresh for their Turbot fishery . In the Salwarp , and the Brooks that run ...
Page 139
... bait , and are taken only in Nets .. Lough SHEALLIN is of considerable magnitude , extending to Finae , where it communicates with Lough Inny . STRANGFORD Lough , in the county of Down , extending near twenty miles from Newtown in the ...
... bait , and are taken only in Nets .. Lough SHEALLIN is of considerable magnitude , extending to Finae , where it communicates with Lough Inny . STRANGFORD Lough , in the county of Down , extending near twenty miles from Newtown in the ...
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... bait on the point of the hook , and letting it sink a few inches and gradually raising it N ° 4Palmer Fly or Worm , upon the leaves of plants , is commonly called a Caterpillar , when it turns to a Fly , very good for Trout . N ° 5 Ant ...
... bait on the point of the hook , and letting it sink a few inches and gradually raising it N ° 4Palmer Fly or Worm , upon the leaves of plants , is commonly called a Caterpillar , when it turns to a Fly , very good for Trout . N ° 5 Ant ...
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