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Página 18
... observations . In other words , spike your rod , lie down on the grass ( if it be not too damp ) , and watch . So I advised myself , and so I did . When everything was quiet the fish began to move about , evidently returning from the ...
... observations . In other words , spike your rod , lie down on the grass ( if it be not too damp ) , and watch . So I advised myself , and so I did . When everything was quiet the fish began to move about , evidently returning from the ...
Página 26
... observe , blank astonishment . Its neighbour , by the curl of its tail , compression of the jaws , and determination of the eye , informs us that it died in a state of impotent rage . The little three - pound rock codling , meekly ...
... observe , blank astonishment . Its neighbour , by the curl of its tail , compression of the jaws , and determination of the eye , informs us that it died in a state of impotent rage . The little three - pound rock codling , meekly ...
Página 29
... observations . The " herring office , " where the fish are converted into bloaters , is a very singular place . Upon the ground floor the herrings recently arrived from the wharf are shot out of the swills upon the stones , transferred ...
... observations . The " herring office , " where the fish are converted into bloaters , is a very singular place . Upon the ground floor the herrings recently arrived from the wharf are shot out of the swills upon the stones , transferred ...
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... observation , one of the subscribers between ten and three o'clock caught seven brace of fish , weighing twenty pounds ; four and five brace * Referring to the season of 1874 . are not at all uncommon takes in the upper water 40 By ...
... observation , one of the subscribers between ten and three o'clock caught seven brace of fish , weighing twenty pounds ; four and five brace * Referring to the season of 1874 . are not at all uncommon takes in the upper water 40 By ...
Página 74
... observing the trout , especially the beauties rising and frolicking in the upper and forbidden part . A gentleman , who had been drawn all the way from London by the rumours he had heard of the trout to be caught in the Wandle , was ...
... observing the trout , especially the beauties rising and frolicking in the upper and forbidden part . A gentleman , who had been drawn all the way from London by the rumours he had heard of the trout to be caught in the Wandle , was ...
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Página 22 - Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers. Fishponds, Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
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Página 319 - Brand's Observations on Popular Antiquities, chiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. With the Additions of Sir HENRY ELLIS.
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