The Fisheries Exhibition Literature: ConferencesWilliam Clowes and Sons, 1884 |
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Página 33 - The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, Nymphs! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?
Página 27 - In conclusion he moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, in response, said he was grateful for the way in which the motion had been received.
Página 48 - O love, they die in yon rich sky, They faint on hill or field or river : Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow forever and forever. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.
Página 172 - ... discoverer of the Law of Storms, in the year 1847. He was an American, and various attempts were made to carry this idea into effect at the other side of the Atlantic, before the war of 1861 put, for a time, a stop to all such progress. In Europe, Leverrier was the first in the field, and in February, 1855, he obtained the Emperor's sanction for the creation of an extensive organization for the purpose of distributing weather intelligence over the countries taking part in the scheme. The fact...
Página 10 - For the sedentary man, whatever his calling in life, whose engagements permit him only to take just that moderate amount of muscular exercise which is in all circumstances essential to health ; for a great proportion of women, whose habits mostly...
Página 12 - Hence the appearance of a crowd of chronic troubles peculiar to the latter third of life are to a great extent avoidable. So far from continuing to select the strong nourishment which may have been necessary during the toil and anxieties of thirty years or more of adult energy and activity throughout the prime of life, the elderly man who desires to preserve fair health and to attain to longevity, should gradually diminish his use of strong nitrogenous and much fatty food.
Página 196 - All received their orders, and had them carried out, as if the men were embarking, instead of going to the bottom ; there was only this difference, that I never saw any embarkation conducted with so little noise or confusion.
Página 261 - I will draw your attention to the advisability of cultivating forests on places suitable for the supply of water, and especially along watercourses and lakes as means of purifying these, preventing too great evaporation, supplying food for fish, and providing these with shade against the rays of the summer sun, and shelter from the pelting rains, the hail and the tempests. » Salmon fishing and all freshwater fishing depend upon proper attention to this matter, and I feel certain that if the true...
Página 260 - ... forest protection has therefore the greatest claim to the attention of the Legislature. But to us as a means of yielding a constant supply of water, food, and shelter for the fishes, it has also great significance. The forest, with its numberless roots and decaying vegetation, retains the rain water and prevents it from rushing to the rivers and the sea, while it gives it off to these slowly and steadily. It acts like a great sieve and retains the fine particles of the soil, which the influence...
Página 266 - ... per acre, according to their age. Even a double row of trees would be a benefit, but it is important that both sides of the stream should be planted instead of cultivating twice the distance on one side. This being done with the object of providing a perfect shelter in some place, and valuable observations may be obtained by doing so. A great many American and other foreign trees might well be introduced, as, for example, the Swamp Cypress ( Taxodium distichum), a great tree yielding a finely-grained...