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... HABITS , AND MODES OF CAPTURE , The Perch , • The Ruffe , or Pope , The River Bull - Head , or Miller's Thumb , The Mackerel , • The Common Carp , The Barbel , The Gudgeon , The Tench , The Bream , or Carp Bream , The Roach , The Dace ...
... HABITS , AND MODES OF CAPTURE , The Perch , • The Ruffe , or Pope , The River Bull - Head , or Miller's Thumb , The Mackerel , • The Common Carp , The Barbel , The Gudgeon , The Tench , The Bream , or Carp Bream , The Roach , The Dace ...
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... habits and natural powers totally disenable them from being at any time seen under such circumstances as would give ... habit of capturing ? What natural insect do the large flies , at which sea - trout rise so readily , re- semble ...
... habits and natural powers totally disenable them from being at any time seen under such circumstances as would give ... habit of capturing ? What natural insect do the large flies , at which sea - trout rise so readily , re- semble ...
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... habit of stirring the briars and willows to ascertain what manner of fly was not there , and with that he tempted the fishes . The man was a humorist in his way , and in this parti- cular case , an erroneous humorist , as many wiser ...
... habit of stirring the briars and willows to ascertain what manner of fly was not there , and with that he tempted the fishes . The man was a humorist in his way , and in this parti- cular case , an erroneous humorist , as many wiser ...
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... habits are analogous , if not the same . [ SECTION XVI . The general position and relationships of Fishes , con- sidered as a great class in the Animal Kingdom . It results not less from the preceding general ex- position of structure ...
... habits are analogous , if not the same . [ SECTION XVI . The general position and relationships of Fishes , con- sidered as a great class in the Animal Kingdom . It results not less from the preceding general ex- position of structure ...
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... habits , their external aspect , and their mode of capture . We regard our subject as one of deep and sustaining interest in a philosophical point of view , and of the highest and most immediate import- ance when considered in relation ...
... habits , their external aspect , and their mode of capture . We regard our subject as one of deep and sustaining interest in a philosophical point of view , and of the highest and most immediate import- ance when considered in relation ...
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Page 252 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides : Fair these broad meads, &c.
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Page 286 - Oh, knew he but his happiness, of men The happiest he ! who far from public rage, Deep in the vale, with a choice few retired, Drinks the pure pleasures of the rural life.
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