Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 4
... colour of the stream , the bait must be selected with care , or formed with the nicest art , and still the fishes approach with diffidence , and often swim round it with disdain , while hours are waited in fruitless expectation , and ...
... colour of the stream , the bait must be selected with care , or formed with the nicest art , and still the fishes approach with diffidence , and often swim round it with disdain , while hours are waited in fruitless expectation , and ...
Page 48
... colour , and ( when potted ) in taste not easily distinguishable from the Charr ; but the Charr is found in Great Britain only in Winander Mere , Ulles- water in this county , in Llyn Quellyn , near the foot of Snowdon , and in Loch ...
... colour , and ( when potted ) in taste not easily distinguishable from the Charr ; but the Charr is found in Great Britain only in Winander Mere , Ulles- water in this county , in Llyn Quellyn , near the foot of Snowdon , and in Loch ...
Page 140
... colour with yellow streaks on the back and belly , has large wings . In Season from April to July . No2.Green Drake , among stones by Rivers side , has a yellow body ribbed with green , is long and slender , his wi ngs like a ...
... colour with yellow streaks on the back and belly , has large wings . In Season from April to July . No2.Green Drake , among stones by Rivers side , has a yellow body ribbed with green , is long and slender , his wi ngs like a ...
Page 144
... colour the stock , a feather dipped in aqua fortis , and rubbed into the deal , gave . it a cinnamon colour ; for a nut brown colour , a quartern of spirit lacquer , half an ounce of Gamboge , the like quantities of Gum Sand- rich and ...
... colour the stock , a feather dipped in aqua fortis , and rubbed into the deal , gave . it a cinnamon colour ; for a nut brown colour , a quartern of spirit lacquer , half an ounce of Gamboge , the like quantities of Gum Sand- rich and ...
Page 145
... colour , a black velvet cap , like those which Jockeys now wear , only larger , and a Rod with a stock as long as a Hulbert ; thus equipped , he ' stalked forth , followed by the eyes of a whole neighbourhood ; but in these later days ...
... colour , a black velvet cap , like those which Jockeys now wear , only larger , and a Rod with a stock as long as a Hulbert ; thus equipped , he ' stalked forth , followed by the eyes of a whole neighbourhood ; but in these later days ...
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