Fishing: With Contributions from Other Authors. Pike and Other Coarse FishLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 |
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Стр. viii - ... experience written by men who are in every case adepts at the Sport or Pastime of which they write. It is to point the way to success to those who are ignorant of the sciences they aspire to master, and who have no friend to help or coach them, that these volumes are written. To those who have worked hard to place simply and clearly before the reader that which he will find within, the best thanks of the Editor are due. That it has been no slight labour to supervise all that has been written...
Стр. 255 - ... spines, which on these occasions are projected. I have witnessed a battle of this sort which lasted several minutes before either would give way ; and when one does submit, imagination can hardly conceive the vindictive fury of the conqueror ; who, in the most persevering and unrelenting way, chases his rival from one part of the tub to another, until fairly exhausted with fatigue.
Стр. 334 - O glide, fair stream! for ever so, Thy quiet soul on all bestowing, Till all our minds for ever flow As thy deep waters now are flowing.
Стр. 197 - But of this no more, but that it is observed, that the old or very great Pikes have in them more of state than goodness; the smaller or middle-sized Pikes, being by the most and choicest palates observed to be the best meat; and contrary, the Eel is observed to be the better for age and bigness.
Стр. 198 - Shannon,' after stating that There is not her like, adds All other lasses She just surpasses As wine molasses, Or salmon pike. Vaniere, however, in his ' Prrcdium Rusticum,' exactly reverses the dictum : Lo ! the rich pike, to entertain your guest, Smokes on the board, and decks a royal feast.
Стр. 129 - Fine day for riding," said he to Orelia; "uncommon fine — never saw a finer. Southerly wind and a cloudy sky. They say, you know, that when the wind is in the south, it blows the bait into the fish's mouth.
Стр. 272 - Jesse says of some carp or tench* retained by him in a stew, that ' they were soon reconciled to their situation, and ate boiled potatoes in considerable quantities ; and the former seemed to have lost their original shyness, eating in my presence without any scruple; ' and Sir John Hawkins says he was assured by a friend of his, that he saw a carp come to the edge of a pond from being whistled to by a person who daily fed it; and I have, myself, seen carp come to the edge of the water, to be fed...
Стр. vii - There is no modern encyclopaedia to which 'the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British Sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. Some books there are on Hunting, some on Racing, some on Lawn Tennis, some on Fishing, and so on ; but one Library, or succession of volumes, which treats of the Sports and Pastimes indulged in by Englishmen — and women — is wanting. The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want.