The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and ShootingA. and C. Black, 1840 - 439 sider |
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... frequently told they are in- tended ? Certainly no perceptible similarity in form or aspect exists between them , all the species of dragonfly , with the exception of one or two of the sub - genus Calepterix , being characterized by ...
... frequently told they are in- tended ? Certainly no perceptible similarity in form or aspect exists between them , all the species of dragonfly , with the exception of one or two of the sub - genus Calepterix , being characterized by ...
Side 19
... frequently be tried with advantage ; in which case the tackle may be allowed to drop gently down the stream : but it ... frequent throwing of the line : but so soon as the practitioner begins to de- scribe his semicircle across the river ...
... frequently be tried with advantage ; in which case the tackle may be allowed to drop gently down the stream : but it ... frequent throwing of the line : but so soon as the practitioner begins to de- scribe his semicircle across the river ...
Side 24
... frequently happen that for an hour , or even two hours , he will kill nothing ; but then it will as often happen , that for another couple of hours , he will pull them ashore with a most pleas- ing celerity . Awake but one , and , lo ...
... frequently happen that for an hour , or even two hours , he will kill nothing ; but then it will as often happen , that for another couple of hours , he will pull them ashore with a most pleas- ing celerity . Awake but one , and , lo ...
Side 28
... frequently manifests a desire to dig its way to the bottom ; or that more interrupted music which results from the fantastic leaps of some whimsical individual , which skims and flounders on the top of the water like a juvenile wild ...
... frequently manifests a desire to dig its way to the bottom ; or that more interrupted music which results from the fantastic leaps of some whimsical individual , which skims and flounders on the top of the water like a juvenile wild ...
Side 30
... frequently than is the usual practice , and , generally speaking , fish rapidly . This should be more especially attended to in streams where the trout are numerous and not large . Before enumerating and describing the different kinds ...
... frequently than is the usual practice , and , generally speaking , fish rapidly . This should be more especially attended to in streams where the trout are numerous and not large . Before enumerating and describing the different kinds ...
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Side 258 - 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 : Fair these broad meads, &c.
Side 154 - 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 5 - 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.
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 299 - 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 279 - To disappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits; whatever greens the Spring, When heaven descends in showers; or bends the bough, When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams; Or in the wintry glebe whatever lies Conceal'd, and fattens with the richest sap...
Side 296 - 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 316 - With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Side 290 - 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 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.