Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... weigh more than half a pound ; and it is certain that the Male seems more attached to the Eggs than the Female , for when she ceases to drop them , the Male instantly abandons her , and with ardour follows the Eggs which are carried ...
... weigh more than half a pound ; and it is certain that the Male seems more attached to the Eggs than the Female , for when she ceases to drop them , the Male instantly abandons her , and with ardour follows the Eggs which are carried ...
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... weigh the whole Spawn , then taking a piece weighing twenty , thirty , or forty grains , as was most convenient ; and after weighing that parcel accurately , and giving the turn of the Scale to the Eggs , to tell them very carefully ...
... weigh the whole Spawn , then taking a piece weighing twenty , thirty , or forty grains , as was most convenient ; and after weighing that parcel accurately , and giving the turn of the Scale to the Eggs , to tell them very carefully ...
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... weighed . Grain . Nos . oz . dr . Grains . Grains . CARP . - { 2 * 16 12 1265 101,200 46 2 * 25 8 2571 203 , 109 55 ... weigh - April 4 . May 4 , 1764 . Ditto . 5 . 43,615 68 65 29,799 42-1 / 2 86 9,486 42/22 62 of that Spe - 5 10 361 ...
... weighed . Grain . Nos . oz . dr . Grains . Grains . CARP . - { 2 * 16 12 1265 101,200 46 2 * 25 8 2571 203 , 109 55 ... weigh - April 4 . May 4 , 1764 . Ditto . 5 . 43,615 68 65 29,799 42-1 / 2 86 9,486 42/22 62 of that Spe - 5 10 361 ...
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... weighed . Grain . Nos . Oz . dr . Grains . Grains . 2 14 182 2 3 8/1/2 152 FLOUNDER . 3 6 12 598 133,407 23 225,568 19 351,026 26 / 731 February 21 . 1484 December 18 . 587 4 24 4 2,200 1,357,400 24 617 March 14 . Ditto . COD FISH ...
... weighed . Grain . Nos . Oz . dr . Grains . Grains . 2 14 182 2 3 8/1/2 152 FLOUNDER . 3 6 12 598 133,407 23 225,568 19 351,026 26 / 731 February 21 . 1484 December 18 . 587 4 24 4 2,200 1,357,400 24 617 March 14 . Ditto . COD FISH ...
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... weighed from fourteen to fifteen pounds each Carp ; of the latter , the largest exceeded Eight pounds . The dietetical uses of fish , are to us the most important part of their history , a part that is happily free from that uncertainty ...
... weighed from fourteen to fifteen pounds each Carp ; of the latter , the largest exceeded Eight pounds . The dietetical uses of fish , are to us the most important part of their history , a part that is happily free from that uncertainty ...
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