The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's RecreationWiley & Putnam, 1847 - 249 sider |
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... eels ; and how to breed miller's thumbs and loaches . The book is alto- gether such an one , as a professional ... eel - spear , in the intervals of his regular vocation . " The L. M. , whose initials are on the title , is understood to ...
... eels ; and how to breed miller's thumbs and loaches . The book is alto- gether such an one , as a professional ... eel - spear , in the intervals of his regular vocation . " The L. M. , whose initials are on the title , is understood to ...
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... eels of thirty feet long . He says there , that these monsters appear in that sea only , when the tempestuous winds oppose the torrents of waters falling from the rocks into it , and so turning what lay at the bottom to be seen on the ...
... eels of thirty feet long . He says there , that these monsters appear in that sea only , when the tempestuous winds oppose the torrents of waters falling from the rocks into it , and so turning what lay at the bottom to be seen on the ...
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... eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder ; and not only , as some think , by the motion or stirring of ... eel in a garden well , which came to be fed out of a spoon by the children on being called by his name , Rob Roy ...
... eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder ; and not only , as some think , by the motion or stirring of ... eel in a garden well , which came to be fed out of a spoon by the children on being called by his name , Rob Roy ...
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... eel is observed to be the better for age and bigness . All pikes that live long prove chargeable to their keepers , be- cause their life is maintained by the death of so many other fish , even those of their own kind ; which has made ...
... eel is observed to be the better for age and bigness . All pikes that live long prove chargeable to their keepers , be- cause their life is maintained by the death of so many other fish , even those of their own kind ; which has made ...
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... eel , their produce has been taken by fishermen , and they seem to flourish still better even than in the ponds . A law was passed to protect them for five years , that being , as a facetious member of the legislature observed , “ the ...
... eel , their produce has been taken by fishermen , and they seem to flourish still better even than in the ponds . A law was passed to protect them for five years , that being , as a facetious member of the legislature observed , “ the ...
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The Complete Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation Izaak Walton,Charles Cotton Uddragsvisning - 1883 |
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