Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... mouth of most fishes being covered with a hard bony substance , by which they are deprived of almost all power of discriminating different bodies by the Palate , insomuch , that the salt - water fishes have been known to swallow the ...
... mouth of most fishes being covered with a hard bony substance , by which they are deprived of almost all power of discriminating different bodies by the Palate , insomuch , that the salt - water fishes have been known to swallow the ...
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... mouths , pursue almost every thing that exists , and often meet each other in fierce opposition , when the fish which has the widest throat comes off with victory , and devours his Antago- nist . The voracious fishes differ widely from ...
... mouths , pursue almost every thing that exists , and often meet each other in fierce opposition , when the fish which has the widest throat comes off with victory , and devours his Antago- nist . The voracious fishes differ widely from ...
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... mouth St. PETER took the Tribute Money ; perhaps it is rather difficult at this time to decide this dispute , but the Doree asserts an Origin and Right to the Spots in question , of a much earlier date than the Hadock ; as St ...
... mouth St. PETER took the Tribute Money ; perhaps it is rather difficult at this time to decide this dispute , but the Doree asserts an Origin and Right to the Spots in question , of a much earlier date than the Hadock ; as St ...
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... mouths . The 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 ...
... mouths . The 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 ...
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... mouth of a fish of this species , and which has been ever since that Miracle , continued to the whole race of Hadocks . Of all migrating fish , the Herring and the Pilchard take the most adventurous voyages . The Herring was unknown to ...
... mouth of a fish of this species , and which has been ever since that Miracle , continued to the whole race of Hadocks . Of all migrating fish , the Herring and the Pilchard take the most adventurous voyages . The Herring was unknown to ...
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