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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... soon as the captive was in shoal water in sprang puss up to the shoulders , and fixing her claws firmly in the fish , brought it to bank , when with a caress from Donald she again took her place behind him till another trout was on the ...
... soon as the captive was in shoal water in sprang puss up to the shoulders , and fixing her claws firmly in the fish , brought it to bank , when with a caress from Donald she again took her place behind him till another trout was on the ...
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... soon solved . At the well - side stood puss , the favourite of the house- hold ; with arched back and extended paw she took her prey . When an unfortunate minnow approached the surface sharp was the dash made by puss , arm and shoulder ...
... soon solved . At the well - side stood puss , the favourite of the house- hold ; with arched back and extended paw she took her prey . When an unfortunate minnow approached the surface sharp was the dash made by puss , arm and shoulder ...
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... soon be set up , and prices would fall to the lowest remunerative level . We hope to see this salmon imported and sold to the public at is . per pound , a price which would place it within the reach of those of ordi- nary means , to ...
... soon be set up , and prices would fall to the lowest remunerative level . We hope to see this salmon imported and sold to the public at is . per pound , a price which would place it within the reach of those of ordi- nary means , to ...
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... soon gave up struggling and came to the top again . Having no landing - net , and the banks being covered with bushes , we were play- ing him gingerly whilst thinking how to land him , when to our astonishment the second chub now ...
... soon gave up struggling and came to the top again . Having no landing - net , and the banks being covered with bushes , we were play- ing him gingerly whilst thinking how to land him , when to our astonishment the second chub now ...
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... soon after its capture , and its stomach contained nothing whatever . To en- large my query , with the exception of the carp and tench , is any British fish a vegetable Serpentine perch and that from Dagenham lake , Dr. Norman believes ...
... soon after its capture , and its stomach contained nothing whatever . To en- large my query , with the exception of the carp and tench , is any British fish a vegetable Serpentine perch and that from Dagenham lake , Dr. Norman believes ...
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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.