The Fly-fisher's Entomology: With Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect, and a Few Observations and Instructions on Trout and Grayling-fishingLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 132 стор. |
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... guidance of Nature's self , may " Snatch a grace beyond the rules of art . " But to sit down by the brook - side , and copy the fly that you have just beaten from a bush upon the stream , is a feat that iv PREFACE TO.
... guidance of Nature's self , may " Snatch a grace beyond the rules of art . " But to sit down by the brook - side , and copy the fly that you have just beaten from a bush upon the stream , is a feat that iv PREFACE TO.
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... fisher deserting his occupation , and trans- ferring his preference to any other of the list of rural sports . " PISCATOR . Thames Side , February , 1856 . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . THE Author of this THE FIFTH EDITION . ix.
... fisher deserting his occupation , and trans- ferring his preference to any other of the list of rural sports . " PISCATOR . Thames Side , February , 1856 . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . THE Author of this THE FIFTH EDITION . ix.
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... - cally opposite to the side where the fish was , fired off one barrel of his gun . The possibility of the flash being seen by the fish was thus wholly prevented , and the report produced not the slightest B 4 ON THE TROUT . 7.
... - cally opposite to the side where the fish was , fired off one barrel of his gun . The possibility of the flash being seen by the fish was thus wholly prevented , and the report produced not the slightest B 4 ON THE TROUT . 7.
Сторінка 18
... side towards the nose being drawn out to an acute angle . The opposite side is less acute . His back fin is very large . It has twenty- three spines , the ventral fin ( near the head ) has sixteen , the pectoral ten , the anal fourteen ...
... side towards the nose being drawn out to an acute angle . The opposite side is less acute . His back fin is very large . It has twenty- three spines , the ventral fin ( near the head ) has sixteen , the pectoral ten , the anal fourteen ...
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... side : So shall the glory of the streams be thine , The spotted trophies of the tapering line ! LIKE the bow of the Archer , the ROD of the Angler should be duly proportionate in dimen- sions and weight to the strength and stature of ...
... side : So shall the glory of the streams be thine , The spotted trophies of the tapering line ! LIKE the bow of the Archer , the ROD of the Angler should be duly proportionate in dimen- sions and weight to the strength and stature of ...
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