Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 15
... months . Nor are these motions apparently influenced by the nature of their aliment ; nor have any symptoms ever been discovered that in consequence of their long continuance in one place , their food has . been diminished . With their ...
... months . Nor are these motions apparently influenced by the nature of their aliment ; nor have any symptoms ever been discovered that in consequence of their long continuance in one place , their food has . been diminished . With their ...
Page 29
... months in the year , and the value of the Fish and Oil , was then computed at three hundred eighty - six thousand four hundred pounds . The increase of Shipping that resorts to these fertile banks is now astonishing , supplying all ...
... months in the year , and the value of the Fish and Oil , was then computed at three hundred eighty - six thousand four hundred pounds . The increase of Shipping that resorts to these fertile banks is now astonishing , supplying all ...
Page 80
... The Mullets during the summer months fre- quent in great numbers the Blackwater below Maldon , but from the vast quantities of weeds in that river very few are taken . The ADUR rises in the same forest with the Arun 80.
... The Mullets during the summer months fre- quent in great numbers the Blackwater below Maldon , but from the vast quantities of weeds in that river very few are taken . The ADUR rises in the same forest with the Arun 80.
Page 83
... fresh waters , and after a stay of a few months , returns again ( with the exception of a very few ) to the Ocean . It is reckoned a great delicacy , either when potted or stewed , but is said to occasion surfeits 83.
... fresh waters , and after a stay of a few months , returns again ( with the exception of a very few ) to the Ocean . It is reckoned a great delicacy , either when potted or stewed , but is said to occasion surfeits 83.
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... month of September great numbers of Eels are caught ; they are then going down the stream of the Leven towards the sea , and nets are placed across the river during the night , wherein astonishing quantities are taken . The Leven de ...
... month of September great numbers of Eels are caught ; they are then going down the stream of the Leven towards the sea , and nets are placed across the river during the night , wherein astonishing quantities are taken . The Leven de ...
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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