The Practical Angler; Or The Art of Trouting FishingA. & C. Black, 1857 - Всего страниц: 195 |
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... and of the distinctive charac- teristics of each stream . Trout taken from a dark mossy water are dark and ill - coloured , while those taken from a clear stream are of a corresponding colour . Trout caught under a bank , in the shade of.
... and of the distinctive charac- teristics of each stream . Trout taken from a dark mossy water are dark and ill - coloured , while those taken from a clear stream are of a corresponding colour . Trout caught under a bank , in the shade of.
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William C. Stewart. Trout caught under a bank , in the shade of a bush , or in a part of the river where the bottom is dark , are of a darker colour than those caught in the lighter and more open parts : their complexion thus changing ...
William C. Stewart. Trout caught under a bank , in the shade of a bush , or in a part of the river where the bottom is dark , are of a darker colour than those caught in the lighter and more open parts : their complexion thus changing ...
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... caught of large size ; indeed , in point of size , shape , and edible qualities , they bear away the palm from any that can be found in our Scottish streams . Among our own streams of this kind are the Don and the Ury in Aberdeenshire ...
... caught of large size ; indeed , in point of size , shape , and edible qualities , they bear away the palm from any that can be found in our Scottish streams . Among our own streams of this kind are the Don and the Ury in Aberdeenshire ...
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... caught six and seven pounds in weight ; and we have heard of one being taken from this river of the great weight of twelve pounds , which is the largest river trout we have heard of being caught in Scotland ; but they are not of such ...
... caught six and seven pounds in weight ; and we have heard of one being taken from this river of the great weight of twelve pounds , which is the largest river trout we have heard of being caught in Scotland ; but they are not of such ...
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... caught a trout of five or six ounces in weight with the tail of a fish protruding about an inch from its mouth , on pulling out which we found it to be a trout in a partially digested state , which , when its neighbour swallowed it ...
... caught a trout of five or six ounces in weight with the tail of a fish protruding about an inch from its mouth , on pulling out which we found it to be a trout in a partially digested state , which , when its neighbour swallowed it ...
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Стр. 72 - A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height : Spirits of Power, assembled there, complain For kindred Power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
Стр. 122 - And out o' the knight's a brier. And they twa met, and they twa plat, And fain they wad be near ; And a' the warld might ken right weel They were twa lovers dear.
Стр. 148 - An interesting fragment had been obtained of an ancient historical ballad ; but the remainder, to the great disturbance of the editor and his coadjutor, was not to be recovered. Two days afterwards, while the editor was sitting with some company after dinner, a sound was heard at a distance like that of the whistling of a tempest through the torn rio-ging of the vessel which scuds before it.
Стр. 4 - Swift, that angling is always to be considered as "a stick and a string, with a fly at one end and a fool at the other.
Стр. 149 - ... the great astonishment of such of the guests as did not know him) burst into the room, chanting the desiderated ballad, with the most enthusiastic gesture, and all the energy of the sawtones of his voice already commemorated.
Стр. 154 - With yielding hand, That feels him still, yet to his furious course Gives way, you, now retiring, following now Across the stream, exhaust his idle rage : Till floating broad upon his breathless side, And to his fate abandon'd, to the shore You gaily drag your unresisting prize.
Стр. 72 - By this time his dogs had assembled about his chair — they began to fawn upon him and lick his hands, and he alternately sobbed and smiled over them, until sleep oppressed him.
Стр. 72 - Ladhope, and the outline of the Eildons burst on him, he became greatly excited, and when turning himself on the couch his eye caught at length his own towers, at the distance of a mile, he sprang up with a cry of delight. The river being in flood, we had to go round a few miles by Melrose bridge ; and during the time this occupied, his woods and house being within prospect, it required occasionally both Dr Watson's strength and mine, in addition to Nicolson's, to keep him in the carriage.
Стр. 142 - Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring bale-fires blaze no more ; No longer steel-clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willow'd shore ; Where'er thou wind'st, by dale or hill, All, all is peaceful, all is still, As if thy waves, since Time was born. Since first they roll'd upon the Tweed, Had only heard the shepherd's reed, Nor started at the bugle-horn.