The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and ShootingA. and C. Black, 1840 - Всего страниц: 439 |
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... fact he general- izes , —and this is the philosophy of fishing . We are therefore of opinion that all , or a great proportion , of what has been so often and some- times so well said about the great variety of flies necessary to an ...
... fact he general- izes , —and this is the philosophy of fishing . We are therefore of opinion that all , or a great proportion , of what has been so often and some- times so well said about the great variety of flies necessary to an ...
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... fact , and having ascer- tained it , we now state . it , -meaning no offence . But as it is actually true , that flies made of fur and feathers , with silken heads , golden ribs , worsted bottoms , hair legs , and steel tails , bear no ...
... fact , and having ascer- tained it , we now state . it , -meaning no offence . But as it is actually true , that flies made of fur and feathers , with silken heads , golden ribs , worsted bottoms , hair legs , and steel tails , bear no ...
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... fact , that in most rivers the greater number and the finest fish are generally killed by the drag - fly , which , during the process of angling , swims an inch or two under water . It is sometimes even advisable so to angle as to ...
... fact , that in most rivers the greater number and the finest fish are generally killed by the drag - fly , which , during the process of angling , swims an inch or two under water . It is sometimes even advisable so to angle as to ...
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... fact destitute of true bones , their harder parts consisting only of a homo- geneous and semitransparent cartilage , which is merely covered on the surface in certain genera by a layer of small , opaque , calcareous granules , closely ...
... fact destitute of true bones , their harder parts consisting only of a homo- geneous and semitransparent cartilage , which is merely covered on the surface in certain genera by a layer of small , opaque , calcareous granules , closely ...
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... fact , exhibit neither pores nor fibres , and appear almost vitreous to the eye . But neither the osseous nor the cartilaginous kinds have either epiphyses to the bones , or medullary canal within them ; al- though there are some , such ...
... fact , exhibit neither pores nor fibres , and appear almost vitreous to the eye . But neither the osseous nor the cartilaginous kinds have either epiphyses to the bones , or medullary canal within them ; al- though there are some , such ...
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