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Page xvii
... ponds near Brussels - Great Carp caught in them - General management of fish there - Growth of fish promoted by change of water - Effect on Jack - on Roach- Noises made by Carp at night - Spawning of Carp- Their spawn devoured by Water ...
... ponds near Brussels - Great Carp caught in them - General management of fish there - Growth of fish promoted by change of water - Effect on Jack - on Roach- Noises made by Carp at night - Spawning of Carp- Their spawn devoured by Water ...
Page xx
... Pond - weeds - Soil collected at mouths of Worm - holes - Maggots from Sea - weed- Disease among Partridges - Boy and Wasps Midges - Birds on Scotch Sea - lochs - Herons in Loch Duich - Mortality among Sea - birds - Skeletons of Weasels ...
... Pond - weeds - Soil collected at mouths of Worm - holes - Maggots from Sea - weed- Disease among Partridges - Boy and Wasps Midges - Birds on Scotch Sea - lochs - Herons in Loch Duich - Mortality among Sea - birds - Skeletons of Weasels ...
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... acquaintance of mine had been fish- ing , with some friends , a large pond in the neighbourhood of the New Forest . They halted in the afternoon for luncheon , not having had very 22 ARTIFICIAL SPINNING - BAITS . [ PART I. good.
... acquaintance of mine had been fish- ing , with some friends , a large pond in the neighbourhood of the New Forest . They halted in the afternoon for luncheon , not having had very 22 ARTIFICIAL SPINNING - BAITS . [ PART I. good.
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... ponds near Brussels - Great Carp caught in them - General manage- ment of fish there - Growth of fish promoted by change of water - Effect on Jack- —on Roach — Noises made by Carp at night - Spawning of Carp - Their spawn de- voured by ...
... ponds near Brussels - Great Carp caught in them - General manage- ment of fish there - Growth of fish promoted by change of water - Effect on Jack- —on Roach — Noises made by Carp at night - Spawning of Carp - Their spawn de- voured by ...
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... pond , selecting rather shallow than deep water ( particularly if the weather be at all hot , when Carp always affect the shallows ) , and , if the pond be a large one , and cattle have access to it , not very far from that part where ...
... pond , selecting rather shallow than deep water ( particularly if the weather be at all hot , when Carp always affect the shallows ) , and , if the pond be a large one , and cattle have access to it , not very far from that part where ...
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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...