Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 17
... season the water is tepified by the beams of the Sun , and for quickening the Eggs into life , is therefore better adapted . How the Eggs of fishes are impreg- nated is wholly unknown . All that obviously offers is , that in ponds , the ...
... season the water is tepified by the beams of the Sun , and for quickening the Eggs into life , is therefore better adapted . How the Eggs of fishes are impreg- nated is wholly unknown . All that obviously offers is , that in ponds , the ...
Page 18
... season , and if they ever return to the spot where their young first received life , the parents that gave them birth , become the most formidable Enemies . By the rapacity of one another , altho ' the fishes perish by millions , yet ...
... season , and if they ever return to the spot where their young first received life , the parents that gave them birth , become the most formidable Enemies . By the rapacity of one another , altho ' the fishes perish by millions , yet ...
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... season , they are thin tailed , and have a kind of Lice , which chiefly fix themselves on the insides of their mouths . The middle sized fish are most esteemed , and are chosen by their plumpness and roundness , especially near the tail ...
... season , they are thin tailed , and have a kind of Lice , which chiefly fix themselves on the insides of their mouths . The middle sized fish are most esteemed , and are chosen by their plumpness and roundness , especially near the tail ...
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... season . Fishermen are well acquainted with the use of the Air - bladder or Sound of the Cod , and are very dexterous in perforating this part of a live fish with a Needle , in order to disengage the inclosed air ; for without this ...
... season . Fishermen are well acquainted with the use of the Air - bladder or Sound of the Cod , and are very dexterous in perforating this part of a live fish with a Needle , in order to disengage the inclosed air ; for without this ...
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... season . In this county are also many waters called Meres , as Cambermere , Bogmere , and Pickmere , and also others called Pools , of almost equal extent , as Ridley Pool , Petty Pool , & c . and all abounding with Carp , Tench , Perch ...
... season . In this county are also many waters called Meres , as Cambermere , Bogmere , and Pickmere , and also others called Pools , of almost equal extent , as Ridley Pool , Petty Pool , & c . and all abounding with Carp , Tench , Perch ...
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