Salmon-fishing in Canada, by a resident [W.A. Adamson] ed. by sir J.E. Alexander |
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... fish all over again . Many an exciting hour have we passed in the rapids of the Shannon at Doonas - rapids which I recommend every fisherman in Europe to see , and to fish if he can - they are six miles from Limerick . Many were the ...
... fish all over again . Many an exciting hour have we passed in the rapids of the Shannon at Doonas - rapids which I recommend every fisherman in Europe to see , and to fish if he can - they are six miles from Limerick . Many were the ...
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... fishing for salmon ; and that I did not very steadfastly believe in the existence of such a fish in any other place than at Johnny Green's the fish- monger's in William Street , or on the dinner table , accom- panied by parsley and ...
... fishing for salmon ; and that I did not very steadfastly believe in the existence of such a fish in any other place than at Johnny Green's the fish- monger's in William Street , or on the dinner table , accom- panied by parsley and ...
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... to it , after me ; as I proceeded I found the drain grew narrower and narrower , when the idea occurred to me of pushing on , until the fish , if fish it was , would be unable to turn : this I 14 SALMON FISHING IN CANADA .
... to it , after me ; as I proceeded I found the drain grew narrower and narrower , when the idea occurred to me of pushing on , until the fish , if fish it was , would be unable to turn : this I 14 SALMON FISHING IN CANADA .
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... fish would be effectually arrested . When we assert that there is no salmon fishing to be found westwards of Quebec , except in the Jacques Cartier , we of course do not allude to the salmon of the great lakes , which is a distinct fish ...
... fish would be effectually arrested . When we assert that there is no salmon fishing to be found westwards of Quebec , except in the Jacques Cartier , we of course do not allude to the salmon of the great lakes , which is a distinct fish ...
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... fish ; the action of hope and of exercise while on the active angle ; the varying appearance of the surrounding shores , and the delightful and all - engrossing anxiety felt from the moment one of these monstrous fish is hooked until it ...
... fish ; the action of hope and of exercise while on the active angle ; the varying appearance of the surrounding shores , and the delightful and all - engrossing anxiety felt from the moment one of these monstrous fish is hooked until it ...
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