A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling [etc.]T. Plummer, 1808 - 186 Seiten |
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... strong beer or ale , are excellent food for carp . Of these , the quantity of two quarts to thirty carps is sufficient ; and so fed morning and evening is better than once a day only . There is a sort of food for fishes that may be ...
... strong beer or ale , are excellent food for carp . Of these , the quantity of two quarts to thirty carps is sufficient ; and so fed morning and evening is better than once a day only . There is a sort of food for fishes that may be ...
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... strong loop of horse - hair : then the whole will be completed , and thus made will always ply with a true bent to the hand . Your fly - rods may be made in the same manner ; but note . must be much more pliant than the others , and ...
... strong loop of horse - hair : then the whole will be completed , and thus made will always ply with a true bent to the hand . Your fly - rods may be made in the same manner ; but note . must be much more pliant than the others , and ...
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... strong , and have a ring on the top whipped on with a piece of quill to prevent the line being cut , when the vo- racious pike runs off with your bait to his hold ; one of the others must not be so stiff , which will serve for carps ...
... strong , and have a ring on the top whipped on with a piece of quill to prevent the line being cut , when the vo- racious pike runs off with your bait to his hold ; one of the others must not be so stiff , which will serve for carps ...
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... strong as three uneven scabby hairs : then put them in water for a quarter of an hour , when made into lengths , and you will thereby find which of them shrink ; then twist them over again . Some in the twisting intermingle silk , which ...
... strong as three uneven scabby hairs : then put them in water for a quarter of an hour , when made into lengths , and you will thereby find which of them shrink ; then twist them over again . Some in the twisting intermingle silk , which ...
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... strong but small silk , slightly waxed with shoemaker's wax ; and lay the hair on the inside of the hook , for if it be on the outside the silk will fret and cut it asunder . There are several sizes of hooks , large ones and small ones ...
... strong but small silk , slightly waxed with shoemaker's wax ; and lay the hair on the inside of the hook , for if it be on the outside the silk will fret and cut it asunder . There are several sizes of hooks , large ones and small ones ...
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Seite 138 - There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing game.
Seite 141 - Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...
Seite 179 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Seite 157 - Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the watery plains. Now Cancer glows with Phoebus...
Seite 134 - Resounds the living surface of the ground : Nor undelightful is the ceaseless hum, To him who muses through the woods at noon...
Seite 177 - The same rule holds of a clear place, when all the sky is equally thick, except one clear edge.
Seite 141 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Seite 44 - And looking lively gratitude. At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields ; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshened world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the forest walks, Beneath the' umbrageous multitude of leaves.
Seite 137 - Which, by rapacious hunger swallow'd deep, Gives, as you tear it from the bleeding breast Of the weak helpless uncomplaining wretch, Harsh pain, and horror to the tender hand.
Seite 134 - Let no presuming impious railer tax Creative Wisdom , as if aught was form'd In vain, or not for admirable ends.