A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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Page 105
... spawn in fresh waters are the best ; those that are entirely bred in our rivers , and that have never been at sea , are considered as much inferior to the former . Those that are taken in the months of March , April , or May , just upon ...
... spawn in fresh waters are the best ; those that are entirely bred in our rivers , and that have never been at sea , are considered as much inferior to the former . Those that are taken in the months of March , April , or May , just upon ...
Page 106
... spawn , is about the beginning of spring ; and after a stay of a few months it returns again to the sea . Their preparation for spawning is peculiar ; their manner is to make holes in the gravelly bottoms of rivers ; and on this ...
... spawn , is about the beginning of spring ; and after a stay of a few months it returns again to the sea . Their preparation for spawning is peculiar ; their manner is to make holes in the gravelly bottoms of rivers ; and on this ...
Page 108
... spawn is about the beginning of summer , when the fishermen of all the large European rivers make a regu- lar preparation for its reception . At Pillau , in Russia , par- ticularly , the shores are formed into districts , and allotted ...
... spawn is about the beginning of summer , when the fishermen of all the large European rivers make a regu- lar preparation for its reception . At Pillau , in Russia , par- ticularly , the shores are formed into districts , and allotted ...
Page 113
... spawn . Their roe is remarkably large , and the Greenlanders boil it to a pulp for eating . They are extremely fat , but not admired in England , being both flabby and insipid . THE UNCTUOUS SUCKER , OR SEA SNAIL , TAKES its name from ...
... spawn . Their roe is remarkably large , and the Greenlanders boil it to a pulp for eating . They are extremely fat , but not admired in England , being both flabby and insipid . THE UNCTUOUS SUCKER , OR SEA SNAIL , TAKES its name from ...
Page 117
... spawn , or peas , as they are generally called , which they produce by hun- dreds of thousands . The bones of this order of fishes , when examined but slightly , appear to be entirely solid ; yet , when viewed more closely , every bone ...
... spawn , or peas , as they are generally called , which they produce by hun- dreds of thousands . The bones of this order of fishes , when examined but slightly , appear to be entirely solid ; yet , when viewed more closely , every bone ...
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