Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings: To which is Added A Catalogue of Books on AnglingWilliam Pickering, 1835 - 255 pages |
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... lakes of Cumberland , —a salmon was taken in the river Kennel that measured forty - five inches , and one was taken of late years at Hampton that mea- sured thirty - nine inches . Donovan , p . 85 . Gillaroo Trout . - The peculiarity of ...
... lakes of Cumberland , —a salmon was taken in the river Kennel that measured forty - five inches , and one was taken of late years at Hampton that mea- sured thirty - nine inches . Donovan , p . 85 . Gillaroo Trout . - The peculiarity of ...
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... Lakes of Inchiquin . - The trout in these lakes are very fine , and of two kinds , red and white ; the latter , when hooked , will often spring a great height out of the water . One trout killed here was unusually thick , deep , silvery ...
... Lakes of Inchiquin . - The trout in these lakes are very fine , and of two kinds , red and white ; the latter , when hooked , will often spring a great height out of the water . One trout killed here was unusually thick , deep , silvery ...
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... Lake Superior , which weighed ninety pounds . Cox's Columbia River , vol . i ii . p . 265 . To preserve trout alive whilst carrying them a long distance , mix one ounce of white sugar candy , a piece of saltpetre , about the size of a ...
... Lake Superior , which weighed ninety pounds . Cox's Columbia River , vol . i ii . p . 265 . To preserve trout alive whilst carrying them a long distance , mix one ounce of white sugar candy , a piece of saltpetre , about the size of a ...
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... Lake Costello River Lough and River Carragh 8 ditto 42 pike & perch 65 19 trout 65 ditto 108 10 trout Blackwater River 29 ditto Ballyshannon 6 salmon 85 Ballina 10 ditto 48 Ballinahinch 7 ditto 43 Lough Luggen Screeb 76 trout 17 ditto ...
... Lake Costello River Lough and River Carragh 8 ditto 42 pike & perch 65 19 trout 65 ditto 108 10 trout Blackwater River 29 ditto Ballyshannon 6 salmon 85 Ballina 10 ditto 48 Ballinahinch 7 ditto 43 Lough Luggen Screeb 76 trout 17 ditto ...
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... Lake , called gwyniad . It is the same fish as is named sewin in the north ; it is taken with trout flies , shows tolerable sport , and is very nimble in its movements ; it is also a native of the lakes of Cumberland . Sporting Mag ...
... Lake , called gwyniad . It is the same fish as is named sewin in the north ; it is taken with trout flies , shows tolerable sport , and is very nimble in its movements ; it is also a native of the lakes of Cumberland . Sporting Mag ...
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Page 8 - ... and put it under a sitting fowl. At the expiration of a certain number of days, they break the shell in water warmed by the sun. The young fry are presently hatched, and are kept in pure fresh water till they are large enough to be thrown into a pond with the old fish.
Page 192 - Some were swimming about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half out of the water, others were rolling themselves in the sun on the sandy bank, uttering a shrill whistling noise as if in play. I was told that most of the fishermen in this neighbourhood kept one or more of these animals, who were almost as tame as dogs, and of great use in fishing, sometimes driving the shoals into the nets, sometimes bringing out the larger fish with their teeth.
Page 19 - No life, my honest scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Page 20 - Fishing is a kind of hunting by water, be it with nets, weeles, baites, angling, or otherwise, and yields all out as much pleasure to some men as dogs or hawkes. When they draw the fish upon the banke, saith Nic.
Page 44 - Some years since a herdsman, on a very sultry day in July, while looking for a missing sheep, observed an Eagle posted on a bank that overhung a pool. Presently the bird stooped and seized a salmon, and a violent struggle ensued : when the...