The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and ShootingA. and C. Black, 1840 - 439 sider |
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Side 74
... spawning season , and that nothing could drive the male away from the spot at which she had disappeared . He ( the pike , not Mr. Jesse ) even followed her to the very edge of the water , " with long reluctant amorous delay . " In other ...
... spawning season , and that nothing could drive the male away from the spot at which she had disappeared . He ( the pike , not Mr. Jesse ) even followed her to the very edge of the water , " with long reluctant amorous delay . " In other ...
Side 75
... spawn in a hole in the gravel , and quits it with reluctance ; and Mr. Yar- rell was told by an accurate observer , that the species in question " evinces a sort of parental affection for its ova , as a bird for its nest , return- ing ...
... spawn in a hole in the gravel , and quits it with reluctance ; and Mr. Yar- rell was told by an accurate observer , that the species in question " evinces a sort of parental affection for its ova , as a bird for its nest , return- ing ...
Side 89
... spawn or ova are carried by water - fowl from one great central reservoir to another , and thus the rivers of a half a continent may be put in possession of species unknown before ; -but this supposition scarcely suffices to account for ...
... spawn or ova are carried by water - fowl from one great central reservoir to another , and thus the rivers of a half a continent may be put in possession of species unknown before ; -but this supposition scarcely suffices to account for ...
Side 94
... spawning time both Pike and Perch are found in a gulf of the Caspian Sea , about thirty verstes from the mouth of the Terek . The female deposits her eggs , united together by a viscid matter , in lengthened strings , —a peculiarity ...
... spawning time both Pike and Perch are found in a gulf of the Caspian Sea , about thirty verstes from the mouth of the Terek . The female deposits her eggs , united together by a viscid matter , in lengthened strings , —a peculiarity ...
Side 96
... spawn , becomes so greatly distended , that her ovaries protrude like mammæ . The flesh , like that of the Salmon , has a reddish hue when boiled , and affords a good wholesome food , much sought after by the mountain tribes of many ...
... spawn , becomes so greatly distended , that her ovaries protrude like mammæ . The flesh , like that of the Salmon , has a reddish hue when boiled , and affords a good wholesome food , much sought after by the mountain tribes of many ...
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Side 153 - A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height : Spirits of Power, assembled there, complain For kindred Power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
Side 276 - TC The British Angler's Manual; or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. With some Account of the Principal Rivers, Lakes and Trout Streams in the United Kingdom, with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Trolling and Angling at the Bottom, and more Particularly for the Trout.
Side 296 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Side 313 - With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Side 293 - In a legal sense, a forest is a certain territory of woody grounds and fruitful pastures, privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, and warren, to rest and abide there in the safe protection of the king, for his delight and pleasure...
Side 278 - Oh, knew he but his happiness, of men The happiest he ! who far from public rage, Deep in the vale, with a choice few retired, Drinks the pure pleasures of the rural life.
Side 287 - Hawks use that most, and it yields us most recreation ; it stops not the high soaring of my noble generous Falcon ; in it she ascends to such an height, as the dull eyes of beasts and fish are not able to reach to...
Side 257 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us and the waste of seas, Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides.
Side 276 - Northern Memoirs, calculated for the Meridian of Scotland. Wherein most or all of the cities, citadels, sea-ports, castles, forts, fortresses, rivers, and rivulets, are compendiously described.
Side 4 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.