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Page ix
... once disturbing some objects which might otherwise attract their notice , and incompa- tible with a careful examination of others ) take the field when the leaf is withering , and As to the former , " Hunter " and " Huntsman , " though ...
... once disturbing some objects which might otherwise attract their notice , and incompa- tible with a careful examination of others ) take the field when the leaf is withering , and As to the former , " Hunter " and " Huntsman , " though ...
Page xiv
... . To my friends Mr A. Z. Palmer , Mr L. Dickinson , and Mr Halliday , my best acknow- ledgments are due for their kind and valuable co - operation , to which I owe the engravings PREFACE . XV which at once ornament and illustrate the.
... . To my friends Mr A. Z. Palmer , Mr L. Dickinson , and Mr Halliday , my best acknow- ledgments are due for their kind and valuable co - operation , to which I owe the engravings PREFACE . XV which at once ornament and illustrate the.
Page xv
Cornwall Simeon. PREFACE . XV which at once ornament and illustrate the Notes , the original drawing from which the frontispiece is taken being by Mr Dickinson ; the spirited little vignette ( of the Terrier and Cod ) by Mr Halliday ...
Cornwall Simeon. PREFACE . XV which at once ornament and illustrate the Notes , the original drawing from which the frontispiece is taken being by Mr Dickinson ; the spirited little vignette ( of the Terrier and Cod ) by Mr Halliday ...
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... once roused to a sense of it , by being brought face to face with a light - coloured one , and particularly if an unsuc- cessful attempt have been made to land him with it , he often turns unpleasantly fractious , and re- quires a good ...
... once roused to a sense of it , by being brought face to face with a light - coloured one , and particularly if an unsuc- cessful attempt have been made to land him with it , he often turns unpleasantly fractious , and re- quires a good ...
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... once or twice caught them in this way when I have accidentally put down my rod , leaving my bait in the water . On one occasion I remember taking up one on a night - line baited with a worm . Ordinarily I think that only small Jack will ...
... once or twice caught them in this way when I have accidentally put down my rod , leaving my bait in the water . On one occasion I remember taking up one on a night - line baited with a worm . Ordinarily I think that only small Jack will ...
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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...