Stray Notes on Fishing and Natural History |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page 4
... called green - heart " has been a good deal praised lately as a material for tops , but I fancy it is , though sometimes very tough and elastic , apt to run faulty , and therefore not always to be depended on . One great advantage of ...
... called green - heart " has been a good deal praised lately as a material for tops , but I fancy it is , though sometimes very tough and elastic , apt to run faulty , and therefore not always to be depended on . One great advantage of ...
Page 32
... called , ) which has been lately hit upon by a friend of mine , and practised by him with considerable success , several good Thames Trout , which had been proof against every other temptation , having at length yielded to it . Above ...
... called , ) which has been lately hit upon by a friend of mine , and practised by him with considerable success , several good Thames Trout , which had been proof against every other temptation , having at length yielded to it . Above ...
Page 37
... called " stroke - hauling . " Grasshoppers , two put on back to back , form by no means a bad bait for Carp late in the sum- mer , but then they should be suspended by the float about four or five inches from the bottom , if possible ...
... called " stroke - hauling . " Grasshoppers , two put on back to back , form by no means a bad bait for Carp late in the sum- mer , but then they should be suspended by the float about four or five inches from the bottom , if possible ...
Page 64
... streams , considered it useless to go out when the water was in that state , unless he was provided with a supply of " fruit , " as he called them . No one would probably take advantage of CH . IV . ] STREAMS NEAR GENEVA — VERSOIX.
... streams , considered it useless to go out when the water was in that state , unless he was provided with a supply of " fruit , " as he called them . No one would probably take advantage of CH . IV . ] STREAMS NEAR GENEVA — VERSOIX.
Page 66
... called ) , joins the Rhone about twelve miles below Geneva . This , also flowing from the Jura in a clear stream , runs , for some miles above the river , through an open country , mostly clothed with juniper , and nearly the whole of ...
... called ) , joins the Rhone about twelve miles below Geneva . This , also flowing from the Jura in a clear stream , runs , for some miles above the river , through an open country , mostly clothed with juniper , and nearly the whole of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appear bait believe birds boat bob-fly Boilsfut breed BROOKE FOSS WESTCOTT Brown Trout Carp casting-line catch caterpillar caught cloth coast colour Common Pheasant Crown 8vo doubt eggs fancy fastened Fcap feed fisherman Flat-fish flies flight foxes gaff gimp Gulls hand head hooks inches induced insects instance Isle of Wight Jack keeper kill-devil killed knot La Hulpe larvæ leave length Loch Creran Loch Garry loop Maltby mentioned mouth Natural History nest never occasionally Partridges perfectly perhaps Pheasant pond pounds pounds weight probably pull quarters river Roach round Salmo ferox Salmon scarcely Scotch Sea Trout sea-fishing sea-loch seen shew Shooting shore shot side spawning species spinning sport spring Stock Dove stream sufficiently tackle tail taken throw tion told trailing unfrequently Versoix weather weight whilst fishing young
Popular passages
Page xiii - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, 'Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou...