Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... Deep in- creases , so , in the same degree , augments their unfitness for existing upon the Earth ; they are nevertheless classed by Naturalists under the denomination of Quadrupeds , and being perfectly amphibious , living with equal ...
... Deep in- creases , so , in the same degree , augments their unfitness for existing upon the Earth ; they are nevertheless classed by Naturalists under the denomination of Quadrupeds , and being perfectly amphibious , living with equal ...
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... Deep presents one uniform picture of hostility , violence , and invasion . In these conflicts , occasioned by the voracity of the different kinds of fishes , the smaller classes must have long since fallen victims to the avidity of the ...
... Deep presents one uniform picture of hostility , violence , and invasion . In these conflicts , occasioned by the voracity of the different kinds of fishes , the smaller classes must have long since fallen victims to the avidity of the ...
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... deep upon the shores for many miles in extent . It is universally credited among those conversant in the herring fishery , that no other fish will go into the middle of a shoal . The Whale , to whom they are a favourite repast , and who ...
... deep upon the shores for many miles in extent . It is universally credited among those conversant in the herring fishery , that no other fish will go into the middle of a shoal . The Whale , to whom they are a favourite repast , and who ...
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... deep are least fond of pursuing , and these are chosen by the Herring as an asylum from greater dangers : thus along the coasts of Norway , the German shores , and the northern ones of France , they are punctual in their visitations ...
... deep are least fond of pursuing , and these are chosen by the Herring as an asylum from greater dangers : thus along the coasts of Norway , the German shores , and the northern ones of France , they are punctual in their visitations ...
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... deep hole in a rivulet into which the Tide flowed , at the fall of which , he commonly began his fishing . Herrings are in full roe the end of June , and continue in perfection until the beginning of Winter , when they drop their spawn ...
... deep hole in a rivulet into which the Tide flowed , at the fall of which , he commonly began his fishing . Herrings are in full roe the end of June , and continue in perfection until the beginning of Winter , when they drop their spawn ...
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