Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 10
... supply of Air is manifested , by the suffocating fish instantly crowding to any aperture made in the Ice , where , to obtain it , they will suffer themselves to be caught by the hand . Next to the necessity of breathing air , that of 10.
... supply of Air is manifested , by the suffocating fish instantly crowding to any aperture made in the Ice , where , to obtain it , they will suffer themselves to be caught by the hand . Next to the necessity of breathing air , that of 10.
Page 27
... hand , against the support whereon the Bowl is placed ; especially when they have been motionless , and are perhaps asleep ; but their Eyes being always open , ( as fishes have no Eyelids , ) it is not easy to discern when they are ...
... hand , against the support whereon the Bowl is placed ; especially when they have been motionless , and are perhaps asleep ; but their Eyes being always open , ( as fishes have no Eyelids , ) it is not easy to discern when they are ...
Page 104
... hands prepar❜d , The blessings they enjoy to guard . ( . All the waters of this country hold out to the Angler an assurance of amusement , from their variety and great abundance of fish . • The Par is a small fish , not unlike the ...
... hands prepar❜d , The blessings they enjoy to guard . ( . All the waters of this country hold out to the Angler an assurance of amusement , from their variety and great abundance of fish . • The Par is a small fish , not unlike the ...
Page 122
... hand- some stone bridge of six arches over the Tweed , below its confluence with the Tiviot , was swept away by their impetuous current . Jedburgh stands upon the west side of the river JED , above its junction with the Tiviot ...
... hand- some stone bridge of six arches over the Tweed , below its confluence with the Tiviot , was swept away by their impetuous current . Jedburgh stands upon the west side of the river JED , above its junction with the Tiviot ...
Page 140
... hand and coloured with Vermilion , as near as pofsible to that of the Salmons Row . N ° 2BrownPaste , the crumb of brown bread mixed with honey , worked up in the same manner . No3 , Blood of a Sheeps heart mixed with honey and flower ...
... hand and coloured with Vermilion , as near as pofsible to that of the Salmons Row . N ° 2BrownPaste , the crumb of brown bread mixed with honey , worked up in the same manner . No3 , Blood of a Sheeps heart mixed with honey and flower ...
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abundance altho Angler angling animals appear bait Barrels belly birds bite body bottom Bream breed brown called Carp caught Charr Chub Cock colour Dace deep dorsal fin dusky Eels eggs fasten feathers feed feet fins fish fishery flies float four Game Gamekeeper gentle Gillaroo Grayling ground Gudgeon hackle hair half head holes hook inches justice of peace keep killed kind lake Lapwing length Loch manor middle miles Minnow mohair mountains mouth never night numbers ounces Partridges Perch person Pheasant Pike plenty pond pounds pounds weight Quadrupeds quantity quill rain rises river Roach runs Salmon season shank shooting shot side silk Snipes soon Spaniels spawn species spot spring streams summer tail taken Tench Trout weeds weighed Wild Fowl wind wings winter Woodcocks woods worms yards young