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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Side 19
... speak is miles from the sea , and has not the slightest communication with it through any of its numerous feeders . We refer to the reservoir of the canal at Chard , in Somersetshire , a piece of water covering some seventy acres , in ...
... speak is miles from the sea , and has not the slightest communication with it through any of its numerous feeders . We refer to the reservoir of the canal at Chard , in Somersetshire , a piece of water covering some seventy acres , in ...
Side 24
... Speaking of the Axe reminds us of what may perhaps be a remarkable circumstance connected with this fish- a circum- stance which , although , perhaps , capable of satis- factory explanation in harmony with Mr. Shaw's opinions , seems at ...
... Speaking of the Axe reminds us of what may perhaps be a remarkable circumstance connected with this fish- a circum- stance which , although , perhaps , capable of satis- factory explanation in harmony with Mr. Shaw's opinions , seems at ...
Side 26
... speaking of the growth of salmon - fry , " The fish now [ at between nine and ten months old ] resembles the little trout , called the parr ; but its fins are much longer than those of that little fish , and its whole shape is much less ...
... speaking of the growth of salmon - fry , " The fish now [ at between nine and ten months old ] resembles the little trout , called the parr ; but its fins are much longer than those of that little fish , and its whole shape is much less ...
Side 40
... speaking ) , should not venture to question the correctness of even a professor's notions , particularly when a difference of opinion , on anatomical and other grounds , exists among naturalists themselves , and when a new angling ...
... speaking ) , should not venture to question the correctness of even a professor's notions , particularly when a difference of opinion , on anatomical and other grounds , exists among naturalists themselves , and when a new angling ...
Side 41
... speaking though we presume not to say that it is equally unworthy the attention of the naturalist . Although anatomical observation has proved the existence of the organs of hearing in most species of fish , there can be no question ...
... speaking though we presume not to say that it is equally unworthy the attention of the naturalist . Although anatomical observation has proved the existence of the organs of hearing in most species of fish , there can be no question ...
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The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical ... George Philip Rigney Pulman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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