Mountain, Meadow, & Mere: A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History ...Henry S. King & Company, 1873 - 226 páginas |
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... sometimes run large , but of late years few big ones have been captured . The trimmers are baited with dead roach , and , luckily for the pike and the fair sportsman , the eels get the largest share of the bait . The rod fishing in this ...
... sometimes run large , but of late years few big ones have been captured . The trimmers are baited with dead roach , and , luckily for the pike and the fair sportsman , the eels get the largest share of the bait . The rod fishing in this ...
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... sometimes heard his playing On reedy flute , from where the bulrush swaying In summer breezes , curtained in his home , Roofed for a roof with white and azure dome.— For Pan was Nature's god , and had great love For Nature's brother ...
... sometimes heard his playing On reedy flute , from where the bulrush swaying In summer breezes , curtained in his home , Roofed for a roof with white and azure dome.— For Pan was Nature's god , and had great love For Nature's brother ...
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... Sometimes they are of light , unspotted blue . The mere has been a breeding - place from time im- memorial . Its attractions consist undoubtedly in the shallowness of its waters , averaging only two or three feet in depth over the ...
... Sometimes they are of light , unspotted blue . The mere has been a breeding - place from time im- memorial . Its attractions consist undoubtedly in the shallowness of its waters , averaging only two or three feet in depth over the ...
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... sometimes ; but this I very much doubt . I never met anybody who had seen an instance of such cannibalism in the gull tribe . The eggs are laid in April and May , and by the end of June all the broods are hatched . This is the time to ...
... sometimes ; but this I very much doubt . I never met anybody who had seen an instance of such cannibalism in the gull tribe . The eggs are laid in April and May , and by the end of June all the broods are hatched . This is the time to ...
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... sometimes palmed off upon an unwary purchaser as lapwings ' eggs ; but the fraud may easily be detected , as there is a decided difference in the shape of the egg , to say nothing of the colour . The right of collecting and selling the ...
... sometimes palmed off upon an unwary purchaser as lapwings ' eggs ; but the fraud may easily be detected , as there is a decided difference in the shape of the egg , to say nothing of the colour . The right of collecting and selling the ...
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