Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 26
... soon as the creature sickens , the head sinks lower and lower , and it stands , as it were , upon it ; until , getting weaker and losing all poise , the tail turns over , and at last it swims on the surface of the water with its belly ...
... soon as the creature sickens , the head sinks lower and lower , and it stands , as it were , upon it ; until , getting weaker and losing all poise , the tail turns over , and at last it swims on the surface of the water with its belly ...
Page 28
... soon as the first more Southern seas are open , want of food forces them to repair thither . The greater fisheries of Cod were on the coast of Iceland , and of our Western Isles , before the discovery of Newfoundland . That discovery ...
... soon as the first more Southern seas are open , want of food forces them to repair thither . The greater fisheries of Cod were on the coast of Iceland , and of our Western Isles , before the discovery of Newfoundland . That discovery ...
Page 32
... soon be overcharged with the burden . of its own productions , and that Element , which at present distributes health and plenty to the shore , would but load it with putrefaction . These collective masses that come upon our Coasts ...
... soon be overcharged with the burden . of its own productions , and that Element , which at present distributes health and plenty to the shore , would but load it with putrefaction . These collective masses that come upon our Coasts ...
Page 33
... soon lost in the immensity of the Atlantic ; whilst the other , which passes into the Irish sea , rejoices and feeds the inhabitants of most of the coasts that border upon it . In general , the most inhabited shores are the places where ...
... soon lost in the immensity of the Atlantic ; whilst the other , which passes into the Irish sea , rejoices and feeds the inhabitants of most of the coasts that border upon it . In general , the most inhabited shores are the places where ...
Page 44
... soon sinks below Cambridge into the Fens , where the Cathedral of Ely appears finely elevated over the level just above the junction of the Cam with the Ouse , which latter in its course passes the towns of Chesterford , Soham , and Ely ...
... soon sinks below Cambridge into the Fens , where the Cathedral of Ely appears finely elevated over the level just above the junction of the Cam with the Ouse , which latter in its course passes the towns of Chesterford , Soham , and Ely ...
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