Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 56
... night tides are highest , and the next the day tides ; it is navigable to Shrewsbury , which is by land , fifty miles above Gloucestershire . The Severn rises in a small lake on the eastern side of Plinlimmon Hill , in Montgomeryshire ...
... night tides are highest , and the next the day tides ; it is navigable to Shrewsbury , which is by land , fifty miles above Gloucestershire . The Severn rises in a small lake on the eastern side of Plinlimmon Hill , in Montgomeryshire ...
Page 103
... night , wherein astonishing quantities are taken . The Leven de- scends for about six miles from the Lake in great beauty , and passing by the Monument erected to the memory of the late Dr. SMOLLETT , falls into the Firth of Clyde ...
... night , wherein astonishing quantities are taken . The Leven de- scends for about six miles from the Lake in great beauty , and passing by the Monument erected to the memory of the late Dr. SMOLLETT , falls into the Firth of Clyde ...
Page 118
... night , and so strong was the Ice as greatly to damage a boat which was caught in it . LOCH TAY abounds with Pike , Perch , Eels , Salmon , Charr , and Trout , of the last some have been taken that weighed above thirty pounds . The Tay ...
... night , and so strong was the Ice as greatly to damage a boat which was caught in it . LOCH TAY abounds with Pike , Perch , Eels , Salmon , Charr , and Trout , of the last some have been taken that weighed above thirty pounds . The Tay ...
Page 126
... night he put them to the rout with his broad sword , and cut off the leg of one less nimble than the rest ; on his taking it up , to his amaze- ment , he found it belonged to a female of his own species , and next morning discovered the ...
... night he put them to the rout with his broad sword , and cut off the leg of one less nimble than the rest ; on his taking it up , to his amaze- ment , he found it belonged to a female of his own species , and next morning discovered the ...
Page 159
... night lines , & c . For the keeping and carrying of lines , links , single hairs , & c . a case may be made with a piece of parchment or vellum , seven inches by ten ; on the longer sides set off four inches , and then fold it crosswise ...
... night lines , & c . For the keeping and carrying of lines , links , single hairs , & c . a case may be made with a piece of parchment or vellum , seven inches by ten ; on the longer sides set off four inches , and then fold it crosswise ...
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