The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical Treatise on that Branch of the Art of Angling; with Plain and Copious Instructions for the Manufacture of Artificial FliesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 186 sider |
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... bodies , which is understood to constitute their first nutriment . It does not appear that the eggs can be hatched in water that is distilled , or in any other manner deprived of air , or in that which is impregnated with lime , or any ...
... bodies , which is understood to constitute their first nutriment . It does not appear that the eggs can be hatched in water that is distilled , or in any other manner deprived of air , or in that which is impregnated with lime , or any ...
Side 32
... body , and their flesh is soft , watery , and unwholesome . After the operation , when they return to the deep still ... bodies acquire a dusky and disagreeable hue , little resembling their usual bright and beautiful tints , the ...
... body , and their flesh is soft , watery , and unwholesome . After the operation , when they return to the deep still ... bodies acquire a dusky and disagreeable hue , little resembling their usual bright and beautiful tints , the ...
Side 46
... body of the insect , and when at rest lie flat along its back the foremost and larger pair being folded over the hindermost pair . The shape and position of the wings , indeed , resemble those of moths , but the downy substance found ...
... body of the insect , and when at rest lie flat along its back the foremost and larger pair being folded over the hindermost pair . The shape and position of the wings , indeed , resemble those of moths , but the downy substance found ...
Side 51
... bodies are soft , small , and elongated , and from their extremity proceed two ( in a few species three ) long hair - like filaments , called Setæ , or , in less scientific language , tails , or whisks . The ephemeridæ , in their ...
... bodies are soft , small , and elongated , and from their extremity proceed two ( in a few species three ) long hair - like filaments , called Setæ , or , in less scientific language , tails , or whisks . The ephemeridæ , in their ...
Side 52
... the tunnel being little larger than that of its own body . The burrowing kinds seldom quit their retreats , but the others range about very actively , feeding upon vegetable matter . It is stated by some 52 THE EPHEMERIDE .
... the tunnel being little larger than that of its own body . The burrowing kinds seldom quit their retreats , but the others range about very actively , feeding upon vegetable matter . It is stated by some 52 THE EPHEMERIDE .
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