... A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling, Confirmed by Actual Experience: Interspersed with Several New and Recent Discoveries; the Whole Forming a Complete Museum for the Lovers of that Pleasing and Rational RecreationB. Crosby and Company, 1802 - 185 Seiten |
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... spring a living warmth bestows , And o'er the year her verdant mantle throws , No swelling innnndation hides the ground , But chrystal currents glide within their bounds ; The finny brood their wonted haunts forsake , Float in the sun ...
... spring a living warmth bestows , And o'er the year her verdant mantle throws , No swelling innnndation hides the ground , But chrystal currents glide within their bounds ; The finny brood their wonted haunts forsake , Float in the sun ...
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... springs , and in such are neither found , nor increase by putting in ; yet where springs are they are never wanting , though not put in . And , what is most strange of all , no person ever saw in an eel , the least token of propagation ...
... springs , and in such are neither found , nor increase by putting in ; yet where springs are they are never wanting , though not put in . And , what is most strange of all , no person ever saw in an eel , the least token of propagation ...
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... spring , especially if angled with , where sal- mon are known to spawn ; for there every kind of fish resort in order to devour it . CHAP IV . Of Natural Fly - Fishing , with a Description of Flies generally used ; and a choice Col ...
... spring , especially if angled with , where sal- mon are known to spawn ; for there every kind of fish resort in order to devour it . CHAP IV . Of Natural Fly - Fishing , with a Description of Flies generally used ; and a choice Col ...
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... springs the new " little animal , with a slender body , four black- " ish veined transparent wings , with four black spots on the upper wings , and the under wings " much smaller than the upper ones , with three long hairs in its tail ...
... springs the new " little animal , with a slender body , four black- " ish veined transparent wings , with four black spots on the upper wings , and the under wings " much smaller than the upper ones , with three long hairs in its tail ...
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... spring up again , and descend again , and thus " continue till they have exhausted their stock of " eggs , and spent their strength , being so weak that they can rise no more , but fall a prey to " the fish ; but by much the greater ...
... spring up again , and descend again , and thus " continue till they have exhausted their stock of " eggs , and spent their strength , being so weak that they can rise no more , but fall a prey to " the fish ; but by much the greater ...
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