A View of the Present State of the Salmon and Channel-fisheries: And of the Statute Laws by which They are Regulated ... Comprehending Also the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon ... Together with the Form of a New Act, Designed to Remedy the Evils So Generally Complained Of; and an Abstract of the Evidence Before the Committee of the House of Commons Upon the Subject, with Notes |
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... allowed to character against clear and positive testimony . Facts are substantiated by evidence , not by opinions ; and reasons are enforced by prin- ciples and comparison . This work aspires to no other merit than facts and reasoning ...
... allowed to character against clear and positive testimony . Facts are substantiated by evidence , not by opinions ; and reasons are enforced by prin- ciples and comparison . This work aspires to no other merit than facts and reasoning ...
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... allowed to exist . I do not mean to say that all weirs should , even if they could , be swept away entirely , because they may be nationally advantageous in a commercial point of view , both for the miller and the manu- facturer ; but I ...
... allowed to exist . I do not mean to say that all weirs should , even if they could , be swept away entirely , because they may be nationally advantageous in a commercial point of view , both for the miller and the manu- facturer ; but I ...
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... Most animals , whether for the profit , or the pastime of mankind , are allowed some sea- sonable resting time for increase ; but the sal- C mon , much more valuable than hares , pheasants , NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SALMON . 17.
... Most animals , whether for the profit , or the pastime of mankind , are allowed some sea- sonable resting time for increase ; but the sal- C mon , much more valuable than hares , pheasants , NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SALMON . 17.
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... allowed one moment's rest , not even for procreation . The cruelty of such conduct is only equalled by its impolicy . It is thus that the salmon fisheries , as far as they concern the public , are completely useless - so much so , that ...
... allowed one moment's rest , not even for procreation . The cruelty of such conduct is only equalled by its impolicy . It is thus that the salmon fisheries , as far as they concern the public , are completely useless - so much so , that ...
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... allowed to counteract all those obvious dictates of nature , which regulate the mo- tions of the fish ; in vain shall we look for the improvement of that which is now the subject of much complaint from one end of the kingdom to - the ...
... allowed to counteract all those obvious dictates of nature , which regulate the mo- tions of the fish ; in vain shall we look for the improvement of that which is now the subject of much complaint from one end of the kingdom to - the ...
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Page 110 - ... the defendant or defendants in such issue"1 action or suit, shall and may plead the general issue, and give this act, and the special matter, in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of this act...
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Page 109 - Majesty, his heirs and successors; one third to the governor of the plantation where such person shall so offend; and the other third to him or them that shall inform or sue for the same in any of his Majesty's courts in...
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Page 200 - AND be it enacted, that no prosecution or other proceeding whatever shall be brought or commenced against any person for any offence against this Act, unless the same shall be commenced within six calendar months after such offence shall have been committed. X. AND be it enacted, that the words " river,"
Page 97 - Cornwall, the taking of fish in the manner therein mentioned is forbidden, unless it be at the distance of one league; and a half at least from the shores of Devon and Cornwall...
Page 49 - Thy fame is just, the sage replies ; Thy virtue proves thee truly wise. Pride often guides the author's pen ; Books as affected are as men : But he who studies nature's laws, From certain truth his maxims draws ; And those, without our schools, suffice To make men moral, good, and wise.
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Page 160 - We will not hold the lands of them that be convict of felony but one year and one day and then those lands shall be delivered to the lord of the fee. Chapter 23. Weirs All weirs from henceforth shall be utterly put down by Thames and Medway, and through all England, but only by the seacoast.