History of Wonderful FishesChristopher Bentham, 1823 - 181 pages |
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F 5408 20.10 HD WIDENER HW FI77 7 vi . CONTENTS . The Salmon Eel Haddock Stickleback River. Front Cover.
F 5408 20.10 HD WIDENER HW FI77 7 vi . CONTENTS . The Salmon Eel Haddock Stickleback River. Front Cover.
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... 142 144 146 149 151 153 156 159 162 113 177 189 HISTORY OF WONDERFUL FISHES . THE SEA UNICORN . THIS. vi . CONTENTS . The Salmon Eel Haddock Stickleback River Trout Pike Flying Fish Gold Fish - Carp Muscle Oyster Pholas Barnacle - Razor ...
... 142 144 146 149 151 153 156 159 162 113 177 189 HISTORY OF WONDERFUL FISHES . THE SEA UNICORN . THIS. vi . CONTENTS . The Salmon Eel Haddock Stickleback River Trout Pike Flying Fish Gold Fish - Carp Muscle Oyster Pholas Barnacle - Razor ...
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... salmon and some other kinds of fish , they are enabled to leap to a very considerable height above the surface of the water . When they are in eager pursuit of prey , and sometimes even in their gambols , these leaps have been repeated ...
... salmon and some other kinds of fish , they are enabled to leap to a very considerable height above the surface of the water . When they are in eager pursuit of prey , and sometimes even in their gambols , these leaps have been repeated ...
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... salmon - nets , particularly in those parts that are not far re- mote from the sea . The largest we have heard of caught in Great - Britain , was a fish taken in the Eske , a river of Scotland , where they are most frequently found ...
... salmon - nets , particularly in those parts that are not far re- mote from the sea . The largest we have heard of caught in Great - Britain , was a fish taken in the Eske , a river of Scotland , where they are most frequently found ...
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... is soft , glutinous and flabby ; but it is sometimes salted , which makes it better tasted , and then it turns red like salmon . It is for the commodity it furnishes , that it is chief , commerce . ly taken . Isinglass is of a whitish 80 -
... is soft , glutinous and flabby ; but it is sometimes salted , which makes it better tasted , and then it turns red like salmon . It is for the commodity it furnishes , that it is chief , commerce . ly taken . Isinglass is of a whitish 80 -
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animal appear bait Barnacle Goose belly blubber boats body bottom Cachalot caught claws coast colour covered crab creature danger deep devour diving Dolphin Eels eggs eight Electrical Eel encrease enemies fastened feet in length fins fish fisheries fishermen five flesh frequently furnished Goose Barnacle Grampus Greenland grow habitation harpoon head holes Holibut hooks hundred inches inhabitants kind lines lobster Mackerel manner miles motion mouth muscles Nautilus nets nippers numbers ocean oysters pearls pieces pilchard ponds porpoise pounds pounds weight prey pursue quadruped quantity resembles retreats rivers rocks sail Salmon salt sand scarcely season seems seen seize seldom Shark shell Shetland Isles ship shoals shore side skin sometimes soon spawn spermaceti stomach Sturgeon substance Sucking-fish surface swim Sword-fish tail taken teeth three or four throw tide tribe Turbot usually voracity weather Whale White Shark whole young