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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... contrary , if the close time commenced on the 1st of October , and all artifi- cial obstructions were removed , the fish being drawn into the rivers by the equinoctial rains , would immediately avail themselves of the oppor- tunity ...
... contrary , if the close time commenced on the 1st of October , and all artifi- cial obstructions were removed , the fish being drawn into the rivers by the equinoctial rains , would immediately avail themselves of the oppor- tunity ...
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... contrary , be- cause I might just as well have reasoned with the fish itself ; but merely replied , " We shall see . " I have now a memorandum in my own writing , made just about the time the above conversation took place , in these ...
... contrary , be- cause I might just as well have reasoned with the fish itself ; but merely replied , " We shall see . " I have now a memorandum in my own writing , made just about the time the above conversation took place , in these ...
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... contrary " doctrine , must now give up their opinion . " - Carlisle Patriot . In consequence of seeing this paragraph , I wrote the following note to the editor of the Leeds Intel- ligencer : " As I am desirous of knowing every thing ...
... contrary " doctrine , must now give up their opinion . " - Carlisle Patriot . In consequence of seeing this paragraph , I wrote the following note to the editor of the Leeds Intel- ligencer : " As I am desirous of knowing every thing ...
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... contrary opinion , namely , that they are three distinct species . As to the salmon - peal , as far as I can collect , the advocates for the opinion that this fish is a species of itself , have three arguments ; the first is , that many ...
... contrary opinion , namely , that they are three distinct species . As to the salmon - peal , as far as I can collect , the advocates for the opinion that this fish is a species of itself , have three arguments ; the first is , that many ...
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... contrary opinion . The capture of salmon - peal , then , is an incalculable injury to the salmon fishery , and it ought to be prohibited . I do not detail the many other comparisons which I have made with a great number of sea- trout ...
... contrary opinion . The capture of salmon - peal , then , is an incalculable injury to the salmon fishery , and it ought to be prohibited . I do not detail the many other comparisons which I have made with a great number of sea- trout ...
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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...
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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.