Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... middle , they are by nature so modelled , as to be endeavoured to be imitated in the built of those ships , in which the quickest dispatch is needful ; but far short , falls human contrivance ; for all the larger fishes can not only ...
... middle , they are by nature so modelled , as to be endeavoured to be imitated in the built of those ships , in which the quickest dispatch is needful ; but far short , falls human contrivance ; for all the larger fishes can not only ...
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... middle of a shoal . The Whale , to whom they are a favourite repast , and who swallows a thousand at once , never ventures into the shoal , but hovers about the skirts of it , and regularly follows their course . The Dog- fish , which ...
... middle of a shoal . The Whale , to whom they are a favourite repast , and who swallows a thousand at once , never ventures into the shoal , but hovers about the skirts of it , and regularly follows their course . The Dog- fish , which ...
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... middle sized fish are most esteemed , and are chosen by their plumpness and roundness , especially near the tail , by the depth of the pit behind the head , and by the regular undulated appearance of the sides , as if they were ribbed ...
... middle sized fish are most esteemed , and are chosen by their plumpness and roundness , especially near the tail , by the depth of the pit behind the head , and by the regular undulated appearance of the sides , as if they were ribbed ...
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... middle of November , and so continues until the end of January ; from that time until May they are thin tailed , and much out of Season . The grand Shoal of Hadocks comes periodically on the Yorkshire coasts . It is remarkable that they ...
... middle of November , and so continues until the end of January ; from that time until May they are thin tailed , and much out of Season . The grand Shoal of Hadocks comes periodically on the Yorkshire coasts . It is remarkable that they ...
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... middle of July , the Pilchards in vast shoals approach the Cornish coasts ; the beginning of winter they disappear , a few returning again after Christmas . Their winter retreat , and their motives for migrating , are the same with the ...
... middle of July , the Pilchards in vast shoals approach the Cornish coasts ; the beginning of winter they disappear , a few returning again after Christmas . Their winter retreat , and their motives for migrating , are the same with the ...
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