Salmon-fishing in Canada, by a resident [W.A. Adamson] ed. by sir J.E. Alexander |
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... ship , and arranging your luggage will occupy more time than you might reasonably calculate upon , yet I cannot but think that the time would hang heavily upon your hands from that time till the 7th or 10th of June , and I would by no ...
... ship , and arranging your luggage will occupy more time than you might reasonably calculate upon , yet I cannot but think that the time would hang heavily upon your hands from that time till the 7th or 10th of June , and I would by no ...
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... ships and steamers which in summer assemble in great numbers in their basins . The city itself is clean and handsome and solid in appearance ; some of the public buildings , such as the Market House , the French Cathedral , the Montreal ...
... ships and steamers which in summer assemble in great numbers in their basins . The city itself is clean and handsome and solid in appearance ; some of the public buildings , such as the Market House , the French Cathedral , the Montreal ...
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... ship should be deserted for a while , and an encampment formed at the fishing ground . Indeed it is not only expedient in many of them , but absolutely necessary , for the distance of the pools from the anchorage differs in the ...
... ship should be deserted for a while , and an encampment formed at the fishing ground . Indeed it is not only expedient in many of them , but absolutely necessary , for the distance of the pools from the anchorage differs in the ...
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... ship to them , every article which is necessary to render your camp com- fortable and your success complete . The description of tent which I have found to answer all purposes of shelter and portability , is made of American twilled ...
... ship to them , every article which is necessary to render your camp com- fortable and your success complete . The description of tent which I have found to answer all purposes of shelter and portability , is made of American twilled ...
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... ship , and assured them they should find . " They cast the net without hesitation , and immediately enclosed so great a multitude of fishes that they were unable to draw it . " This miracle was so similar in its nature and circum ...
... ship , and assured them they should find . " They cast the net without hesitation , and immediately enclosed so great a multitude of fishes that they were unable to draw it . " This miracle was so similar in its nature and circum ...
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