Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 32
... barrels at a yawn ; the Porpesse , the Grampus , the Shark , and the whole numerous tribe of Dog - fish , desist from making war upon each other , and make the Herring their easy prey ; the unnumbered flocks of Sea fowl , that chiefly ...
... barrels at a yawn ; the Porpesse , the Grampus , the Shark , and the whole numerous tribe of Dog - fish , desist from making war upon each other , and make the Herring their easy prey ; the unnumbered flocks of Sea fowl , that chiefly ...
Page 33
... Barrels at a single draught . After this check from the Shetland Isles , which divide this army into two parts , one wing takes to the Eastern shores of Great Britain , and fills every Bay and Creek with its numbers ; the other pushes ...
... Barrels at a single draught . After this check from the Shetland Isles , which divide this army into two parts , one wing takes to the Eastern shores of Great Britain , and fills every Bay and Creek with its numbers ; the other pushes ...
Page 36
... Barrels , which some magnify to 40,000 Lasts , containing 40,000,000 of Herrings , are said to be taken and cured here annually . Doctor FULLER notices the great repute of the county of Norfolk for this fish , and with his usual ...
... Barrels , which some magnify to 40,000 Lasts , containing 40,000,000 of Herrings , are said to be taken and cured here annually . Doctor FULLER notices the great repute of the county of Norfolk for this fish , and with his usual ...
Page 40
... Barrels , & c . which would provide sufficient business during those intervals of leisure , which the fishery might afford . The same objection moreover might be urged against almost every trade , since most of them have their several ...
... Barrels , & c . which would provide sufficient business during those intervals of leisure , which the fishery might afford . The same objection moreover might be urged against almost every trade , since most of them have their several ...
Page 105
... Salmon fishery on this river is very great ; sufficient fish to fill seventeen hundred barrels are caught in the season , and the shore is rented for 1200l . per ann . In the south - west angle of the county rises VOL . II . 2 E 105.
... Salmon fishery on this river is very great ; sufficient fish to fill seventeen hundred barrels are caught in the season , and the shore is rented for 1200l . per ann . In the south - west angle of the county rises VOL . II . 2 E 105.
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