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Page xiv
... never fail to afford him . - In conclusion , it may be satisfactory to the reader to know that ( so far as I am aware ) every statement in the Notes may be implicitly relied on . At least I can as- sure him that I have throughout ...
... never fail to afford him . - In conclusion , it may be satisfactory to the reader to know that ( so far as I am aware ) every statement in the Notes may be implicitly relied on . At least I can as- sure him that I have throughout ...
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... the same size and duly returned . I then went to the river , and never before or since did I see any- thing like the effect of that bait . It seemed per- fectly irresistible . No matter how I threw , ( and I 25 CH . II . ] A TEN - POUNDER.
... the same size and duly returned . I then went to the river , and never before or since did I see any- thing like the effect of that bait . It seemed per- fectly irresistible . No matter how I threw , ( and I 25 CH . II . ] A TEN - POUNDER.
Page 25
... never dreaming of a fish . Suddenly , however , to my utter astonish- ment , out of the pool came after it with a rush , about ten feet up the water - course , an enormous brute , with a head like a bull . He got within an inch or two ...
... never dreaming of a fish . Suddenly , however , to my utter astonish- ment , out of the pool came after it with a rush , about ten feet up the water - course , an enormous brute , with a head like a bull . He got within an inch or two ...
Page 42
... never loses five pounds weight out of three thousand pounds transported . The effect which such a change has upon Jack appears to be most remarkable , the increase in their weight , after removal , being in some cases , at the rate of ...
... never loses five pounds weight out of three thousand pounds transported . The effect which such a change has upon Jack appears to be most remarkable , the increase in their weight , after removal , being in some cases , at the rate of ...
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... never since and that must be now some twelve or fif- teen years ago has a single one approaching their size been taken out of it . If on a fine calm summer night you visit a piece of water well stocked with Carp , especially if its ...
... never since and that must be now some twelve or fif- teen years ago has a single one approaching their size been taken out of it . If on a fine calm summer night you visit a piece of water well stocked with Carp , especially if its ...
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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
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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...