The American Angler: A Weekly Journal of Angling--brook, River, Lake and Sea-fish Culture, Volumen23William Charles Harris Angler's Publishing Company, 1893 |
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Página 169 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Página 114 - ... Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, Not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers.
Página 40 - The cranberries much like cherries for colour and bigness, which may be kept 'till fruit come in again; an excellent sauce is made of them for venison, turkeys, and other great fowl, and they are better to make tarts than either goosberries or cherries; we have them brought to our houses by the Indians in great plenty.
Página 40 - ... pheasants, partridges, and many other sorts that I cannot remember, and would be too tedious to mention. Indeed, the country, take it as a wilderness, is a brave country, though no place will please all.
Página 38 - But now a word or two of those strange reports you have of us and our country : I affirm they are not true, and fear they were spoke from a spirit of envy. It is a country that produceth all things for the support and sustenance of man, in a plentiful manner ; if it were not so, I should be ashamed of what I have -before written. But I can stand, having truth on my side, against and before the face of all gainsayers and evil spies. I have travelled through most of the places that are settled, and...
Página 40 - ... or cherries. We have them brought to our houses by the Indians in great plenty. My brother, Robert, had as many cherries this year as would have loaded several carts. It is my judgment, by what I have observed, that fruit trees in this country destroy themselves by the very weight of their fruit. As for venison and fowls, we have great plenty; we have brought home to our houses by the Indians, seven or eight fat bucks of a day, and sometimes put by as many having no occasion for them. And fish,...
Página 38 - I have seen orchards laden with fruit to admiration, their very limbs torn to pieces with the weight, and most delicious to the taste, and lovely to behold; I have seen an apple tree from a pippin kernel, yield a barrel of curious...
Página 38 - I can stand, having truth on my side, against and before the face of all gainsayers and evil spies: I have travelled through most of the places that are settled, and some that are not, and in every place I find the country very apt to answer the expectation of the diligent: I have seen orchards laden with fruit to admiration, their very limbs torn to pieces with the weight, and most delicious to the taste, and lovely to behold; I have seen an...
Página 139 - The removal of the skin of the opposite side is easy. More difficult is the preparation of the head and scapulary region ; the two halves of the scapular arch which have been severed from each other by the first incision are pressed towards the right and left, and the spine is severed behind the head, so that now only the head and shoulder bones remain attached to the skin. These parts have to be cleaned from the inside, all soft parts, the branchial and hyoid apparatus, and all smaller bones, being...
Página 38 - ... and peaches in such plenty that some people took their carts a peach-gathering : I could not but smile at the conceit of it. They are a very delicate fruit, and hang almost like our onions that are tied on ropes. I have seen and known, this summer, forty bushels of bold wheat of one bushel sown ; and many more such instances I could bring, which would be too tedious here to mention. We have, from the time called May until Michaelmas, great store of very good wild fruits, as strawberries, cranberries,...