The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and Country: Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting, Fowling ... Hawking, &c. With the Various Methods to be Observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses Both for the Road and Turf; Also, the Management of Dogs, Gamecocks, Dunghill-fowls, Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing-birds, &c. And the Manner of Curing Their Various Diseases and AccidentsG.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1785 - 548 pages |
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... fish thither : and in fishing , to keep them together , throw in half a handful of grains of ground malt , which must be done in ftill water ; but in a stream you must cast C your your grains above your hook , and not about it AN B ANG.
... fish thither : and in fishing , to keep them together , throw in half a handful of grains of ground malt , which must be done in ftill water ; but in a stream you must cast C your your grains above your hook , and not about it AN B ANG.
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... fish after them . Now if you would bait a ftream , get fome tin boxes made full of holes no bigger than just fit for a worm to creep through , which fill therewith , and having faftened a plummet to fink them , place them into the ...
... fish after them . Now if you would bait a ftream , get fome tin boxes made full of holes no bigger than just fit for a worm to creep through , which fill therewith , and having faftened a plummet to fink them , place them into the ...
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... fishing for pike , which has been thought worthy of a diftinct treatise ; for which method , and for the fnap , take thefe directions ; and firft for trolling : And note that , in trolling , the head of the bait - fish must be at the ...
... fishing for pike , which has been thought worthy of a diftinct treatise ; for which method , and for the fnap , take thefe directions ; and firft for trolling : And note that , in trolling , the head of the bait - fish must be at the ...
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... fish , aud fow it up , the fish will live fome time ; and though the weight of the lead will keep his head down , he will fwim with near the fame eafe as if at liberty . But if you troll with a dead - bait , as fome do , for a reason ...
... fish , aud fow it up , the fish will live fome time ; and though the weight of the lead will keep his head down , he will fwim with near the fame eafe as if at liberty . But if you troll with a dead - bait , as fome do , for a reason ...
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... fish . When you have a bite , ftrike immediately the contrary way to that which the head of the pike lies , or to which he goes with the bait ; if you cannot find which way his head lies , ftrike upright with two fmart jerks , retiring ...
... fish . When you have a bite , ftrike immediately the contrary way to that which the head of the pike lies , or to which he goes with the bait ; if you cannot find which way his head lies , ftrike upright with two fmart jerks , retiring ...
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