Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 7
... called a pair , and are placed perpendicu- larly , and united at one end laterally , forming one canal ; at their other extremities they have no connection with each other , but are joined to the terminations of the horizontal one near ...
... called a pair , and are placed perpendicu- larly , and united at one end laterally , forming one canal ; at their other extremities they have no connection with each other , but are joined to the terminations of the horizontal one near ...
Page 27
... called Ducksmeat , and on small fry . It has been said , that the Eyes of fishes are immovable , but these apparently turn them forward or backward in their sockets , as their occasions require . They take little notice of a lighted ...
... called Ducksmeat , and on small fry . It has been said , that the Eyes of fishes are immovable , but these apparently turn them forward or backward in their sockets , as their occasions require . They take little notice of a lighted ...
Page 35
... half an inch to two inches long , and are called in Yorkshire Herring Sile . As very few young ones are found in our seas during winter , it is most probable they return to their parental parental haunts beneath the Ice ; a few of the 35.
... half an inch to two inches long , and are called in Yorkshire Herring Sile . As very few young ones are found in our seas during winter , it is most probable they return to their parental parental haunts beneath the Ice ; a few of the 35.
Page 37
... called Huers are placed on eminences , to point to the boats stationed off the land the course of the fish , by whose directions sometimes a Bay of several miles extent is enclosed with their nets , called Seines . By the first of JAMES ...
... called Huers are placed on eminences , to point to the boats stationed off the land the course of the fish , by whose directions sometimes a Bay of several miles extent is enclosed with their nets , called Seines . By the first of JAMES ...
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... called Meres , as Cambermere , Bogmere , and Pickmere , and also others called Pools , of almost equal extent , as Ridley Pool , Petty Pool , & c . and all abounding with Carp , Tench , Perch , Trout , Eels , and other sorts of fish ...
... called Meres , as Cambermere , Bogmere , and Pickmere , and also others called Pools , of almost equal extent , as Ridley Pool , Petty Pool , & c . and all abounding with Carp , Tench , Perch , Trout , Eels , and other sorts of fish ...
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