Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... observations or facts , the reader is furnished with a long list of names , disgusting from their barren superfluity ; for no man can be well pleased with the extensions of a language , while the Science unfolds nothing which can reward ...
... observations or facts , the reader is furnished with a long list of names , disgusting from their barren superfluity ; for no man can be well pleased with the extensions of a language , while the Science unfolds nothing which can reward ...
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... observed in a Noble- man's garden near Lisbon , a small fish - pond full of different sorts of fish . Its bottom was level with the ground , and was made by forming a bank all round , with a Shrubbery close to it ; whilst lying on the ...
... observed in a Noble- man's garden near Lisbon , a small fish - pond full of different sorts of fish . Its bottom was level with the ground , and was made by forming a bank all round , with a Shrubbery close to it ; whilst lying on the ...
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... observed to have the smallest connexion . When they are in progress , let it be continued ever so long , the foremost tishes in the shoal have never been found to be in better condition , than those in the rear , which , had they fed on ...
... observed to have the smallest connexion . When they are in progress , let it be continued ever so long , the foremost tishes in the shoal have never been found to be in better condition , than those in the rear , which , had they fed on ...
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... observed to prey upon others of any sort , that can be swallowed by them . In August 1799 , the Earl of Essex fished a large pond near Radnor Forest , which had been stocked fifty - eight years . Carp and Eels were the only fish found ...
... observed to prey upon others of any sort , that can be swallowed by them . In August 1799 , the Earl of Essex fished a large pond near Radnor Forest , which had been stocked fifty - eight years . Carp and Eels were the only fish found ...
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... observations made upon these , when kept in a glass bowl , much information respecting the various actions of fish in ... observed the manner in which fishes die . So soon as the creature sickens , the head sinks lower and lower , and it ...
... observations made upon these , when kept in a glass bowl , much information respecting the various actions of fish in ... observed the manner in which fishes die . So soon as the creature sickens , the head sinks lower and lower , and it ...
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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