Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 15
... marked by destruction ; nothing is left behind to support animal existence . Should the wind shift so as to cause their return in the same track through which they came , their subsistence being exhausted , they all perish . They are ...
... marked by destruction ; nothing is left behind to support animal existence . Should the wind shift so as to cause their return in the same track through which they came , their subsistence being exhausted , they all perish . They are ...
Page 33
... marked by the numbers of Birds , such as Gannets and others , which follow them as their prey ; but when the main body approaches , its breadth and depth alters the appearance of the very Ocean . They divide into distinct columns of ...
... marked by the numbers of Birds , such as Gannets and others , which follow them as their prey ; but when the main body approaches , its breadth and depth alters the appearance of the very Ocean . They divide into distinct columns of ...
Page 83
... marked with dirty yellow , but are rather blueish on the belly ; on each side the throat they have seven holes , serving the purpose of Gills , of which they are destitute ; they will sometimes weigh as much as four or five pounds ...
... marked with dirty yellow , but are rather blueish on the belly ; on each side the throat they have seven holes , serving the purpose of Gills , of which they are destitute ; they will sometimes weigh as much as four or five pounds ...
Page 221
... marked with blue spots , which , concludes Mr. B , is what I do not recollect in any other fish of this Island . " According to Mr. PENNANT , the Gwiniad is an insipid fish , and must be soon eaten , as it will not keep , and those that ...
... marked with blue spots , which , concludes Mr. B , is what I do not recollect in any other fish of this Island . " According to Mr. PENNANT , the Gwiniad is an insipid fish , and must be soon eaten , as it will not keep , and those that ...
Page 224
... marked with numbers of bright red spots ; the bellies of the Red Charr were of a full rich red ; from this particular the Welch call these fish Torgoch , or Red - belly ; the bellies of the Case Charr were paler , the first rays of the ...
... marked with numbers of bright red spots ; the bellies of the Red Charr were of a full rich red ; from this particular the Welch call these fish Torgoch , or Red - belly ; the bellies of the Case Charr were paler , the first rays of the ...
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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