Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... known to swallow the fishermen's plummet , instead of the bait . The greediness which Sea fish discover , and by which they are taken , is prodigious ; the lines of the fishermen who go off to sea , are coarse and clumsy , their baits ...
... known to swallow the fishermen's plummet , instead of the bait . The greediness which Sea fish discover , and by which they are taken , is prodigious ; the lines of the fishermen who go off to sea , are coarse and clumsy , their baits ...
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... known to us . Charr kept in a pond , if scantily supplied , frequently devour their own young ; other fish that are larger , go in quest of more bulky prey ; it matters not of what sort , whether of their own or of another Species . If ...
... known to us . Charr kept in a pond , if scantily supplied , frequently devour their own young ; other fish that are larger , go in quest of more bulky prey ; it matters not of what sort , whether of their own or of another Species . If ...
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... known , that the Leech greedily sucks up another fluid of animal origin , when it can have access to that , from which we cannot doubt , but it receives nourishment ; from this may be inferred , that fishes in general can obtain ...
... known , that the Leech greedily sucks up another fluid of animal origin , when it can have access to that , from which we cannot doubt , but it receives nourishment ; from this may be inferred , that fishes in general can obtain ...
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... known to Man as an article of food , not one it is conceived subsists so entirely on water as the Herring , and there is little reason to doubt , but that Herrings extract their subsistence from water , nearly as much as vegetables in ...
... known to Man as an article of food , not one it is conceived subsists so entirely on water as the Herring , and there is little reason to doubt , but that Herrings extract their subsistence from water , nearly as much as vegetables in ...
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... known so to fill the Air as to obscure the light of the Sun , and cover with their bodies every terrestrial object they met with in their course ; yet , no other resemblance can be found between the Shoals of Herrings and the Locusts ...
... known so to fill the Air as to obscure the light of the Sun , and cover with their bodies every terrestrial object they met with in their course ; yet , no other resemblance can be found between the Shoals of Herrings and the Locusts ...
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