The Angler's Note-book and Naturalist's Record: A Repertory of Fact, Inquiry and Discussion on Field-sports and Subjects of Natural HistoryW. Satchell, 1880 - 192 pages |
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... leaves in water , and carried to a deep lake , the Black Pool , above , where , without a single mishap , they scudded into the deep water and disappeared . This river is not nearly so pro- ductive as it once was , chiefly on account of ...
... leaves in water , and carried to a deep lake , the Black Pool , above , where , without a single mishap , they scudded into the deep water and disappeared . This river is not nearly so pro- ductive as it once was , chiefly on account of ...
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... leaves during a shower promotes the health of the fish . " In other districts , trees called Foo - lin are also planted by the sides of the fish - ponds , the fruit being regarded as very fattening food . " Water- lilies grow in ...
... leaves during a shower promotes the health of the fish . " In other districts , trees called Foo - lin are also planted by the sides of the fish - ponds , the fruit being regarded as very fattening food . " Water- lilies grow in ...
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... leaves crackling as it scuttles after the flying reptile , flinging itself upon the victim with a zest and single - mindedness wonderful to see . That pipe is its city of refuge - the asylum in all times of trouble , to which it betakes ...
... leaves crackling as it scuttles after the flying reptile , flinging itself upon the victim with a zest and single - mindedness wonderful to see . That pipe is its city of refuge - the asylum in all times of trouble , to which it betakes ...
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... leaves his dogs who are trained not to stir from the spot until he has fired . He then produces his shooting - sail , which is a piece of white cotton stretched across a wooden frame standing upright on a little sledge , and serves him ...
... leaves his dogs who are trained not to stir from the spot until he has fired . He then produces his shooting - sail , which is a piece of white cotton stretched across a wooden frame standing upright on a little sledge , and serves him ...
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... leaves rustle not beneath his feet . His ears are open to the least sound ; while his eye , keen as that of the lynx , is employed in finding out the game in the thickest shade . Often he imitates their cry , and decoys them from tree ...
... leaves rustle not beneath his feet . His ears are open to the least sound ; while his eye , keen as that of the lynx , is employed in finding out the game in the thickest shade . Often he imitates their cry , and decoys them from tree ...
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Page 66 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 132 - Et jam summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.
Page 158 - A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire, A winder and barrel, will help thy desire In killing a Pike : but the forked stick, With a slit and a bladder, — and that other fine trick, Which our artists call snap, with a goose or a duck, — Will kill two for one, if you have any luck ; The gentry of Shropshire do merrily smile, To see a goose and a belt the fish to beguile. When a Pike suns himself, and a-frogging doth go, The two-inched hook is better, I know, Than the ord'nary snaring. But still...
Page 89 - Because hawking and hunting are very laborious, much riding and many dangers accompany them ; but this is still and quiet : and if so be the angler catch no Fish, yet he hath a wholesome walk to the Brook side, pleasant shade by the sweet silver streams ; he hath good air.
Page 132 - Once I was a monarch's daughter, And sat on a lady's knee ; But am now a nightly rover, Banish'd to the ivy tree, " Crying, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, boo, hoo, Hoo, hoo, hoo, my feet are cold ! Pity me, for here you see me, Persecuted, poor, and old.
Page 142 - ... many days after birth : for the young ones, supposed to break through the belly of the dam, will, upon any fright, for protection run into it ; for then the old one receives them in at her mouth, which way, the fright being past, they will return again ;9 which is a peculiar way of refuge...
Page 89 - But he that shall consider the variety of baits for all seasons, and pretty devices which our anglers have invented, peculiar lines, false flies, several sleights...
Page 47 - It is natural to imagine that, when a slight wound only is inflicted, the game will make its escape. Far otherwise; the Wourali poison...
Page 91 - O'er ten square leagues his far diverging heads ; Or in one trunk entwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses in the storm: Steeped in fell poison, as his sharp teeth part, A thousand tongues in quick vibration dart ; Snatch the proud eagle towering o'er the heath, Or pounce the lion as he stalks beneath ; Or strew, as marshall'd hosts contend in vain With human skeletons the whiten'd plain.
Page 65 - Whoever will follow these pages, crayfish in hand, and will try to verify for himself the statements which they contain, will find himself brought face to face with all the great zoological questions which excite so lively an interest at the present day.