Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... strong covering of scales , which is a still further protection from injury , and beneath this , an oily matter is supplied , which pre- serves the body in warmth and vigour . When , however , the Senses and other faculties of this part ...
... strong covering of scales , which is a still further protection from injury , and beneath this , an oily matter is supplied , which pre- serves the body in warmth and vigour . When , however , the Senses and other faculties of this part ...
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... strong impulse of hunger , become plunderers in their turn , and revenge the injuries committed on their kind , by de- stroying the spawn of the greater fishes , which they find floating upon the surface of the water . In what manner ...
... strong impulse of hunger , become plunderers in their turn , and revenge the injuries committed on their kind , by de- stroying the spawn of the greater fishes , which they find floating upon the surface of the water . In what manner ...
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... strong traits of its native rapi- dity ; its impetuosity after much rain , when swelled by the torrents from the neighbouring mountains , is almost beyond conception ; in 1768 this river overflowed the adjacent fields to a vast extent ...
... strong traits of its native rapi- dity ; its impetuosity after much rain , when swelled by the torrents from the neighbouring mountains , is almost beyond conception ; in 1768 this river overflowed the adjacent fields to a vast extent ...
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... 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 makes its exit ...
... 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 makes its exit ...
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... gradations are observed in the food , the kinds suited to the two extremes , mixing together in different proportions , adapted to the intermediate states of stomach . A true gizzard is composed of two strong muscles placed 134.
... gradations are observed in the food , the kinds suited to the two extremes , mixing together in different proportions , adapted to the intermediate states of stomach . A true gizzard is composed of two strong muscles placed 134.
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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