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Page xviii
Cornwall Simeon. xviii CONTENTS . Trailing , side next shore best - In Sea - fishing , stern of boat better than bow • CHAPTER V. On Sea - fishing - Fine Tackle required - Best form of Tackle for general use " Tell - tale " or " Dodger ...
Cornwall Simeon. xviii CONTENTS . Trailing , side next shore best - In Sea - fishing , stern of boat better than bow • CHAPTER V. On Sea - fishing - Fine Tackle required - Best form of Tackle for general use " Tell - tale " or " Dodger ...
Page xx
... 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 in Ricks - Rats CHAPTER VIII . - Determination of Sparrow - hawk ...
... 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 in Ricks - Rats CHAPTER VIII . - Determination of Sparrow - hawk ...
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Cornwall Simeon. CH . 11. ] TIN - FOIL AS BAIT FOR SEA - FISH . 27 runs in every " stickle , " and it seemed quite irre- sistible . Two years ago , I put up a large coarse mother- o ' - pearl kill - devil ( which Mr Gould had given me to ...
Cornwall Simeon. CH . 11. ] TIN - FOIL AS BAIT FOR SEA - FISH . 27 runs in every " stickle , " and it seemed quite irre- sistible . Two years ago , I put up a large coarse mother- o ' - pearl kill - devil ( which Mr Gould had given me to ...
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... fishing- tackle maker in Bruton - street , ( in whom , by the way , from his practical knowledge of the subject , confidence may be placed in matters connected with Salmon and Sea Trout fishing , ) who told me he knew of a case where a ...
... fishing- tackle maker in Bruton - street , ( in whom , by the way , from his practical knowledge of the subject , confidence may be placed in matters connected with Salmon and Sea Trout fishing , ) who told me he knew of a case where a ...
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... fishing with the fly - a brightish one , such as you would use for Sea - Trout - caught there between eighty and ninety pounds weight of Perch , besides a Jack of about six pounds . CHAPTER IV . In selection of Flies , colour ,
... fishing with the fly - a brightish one , such as you would use for Sea - Trout - caught there between eighty and ninety pounds weight of Perch , besides a Jack of about six pounds . CHAPTER IV . In selection of Flies , colour ,
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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...