Notes on Fish and FishingSampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877 - 363 páginas |
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... anglers ; or , once again , a mere farrago— or a " hodge - podge " —of more or less disjointed remarks on Fish and Fishing , the result of many years of observation , reading , and experience in reference to the " gentle art . " If I ...
... anglers ; or , once again , a mere farrago— or a " hodge - podge " —of more or less disjointed remarks on Fish and Fishing , the result of many years of observation , reading , and experience in reference to the " gentle art . " If I ...
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... anglers - Metropolitan angling clubs - An- gling contests - Anglers lovers of nature- " Devout " anglers -The virtues of anglers - Angling best recreation for " brain- workers " -Lady anglers NOTE IV . FISHING AS A FINE ART . PAGE . 71 ...
... anglers - Metropolitan angling clubs - An- gling contests - Anglers lovers of nature- " Devout " anglers -The virtues of anglers - Angling best recreation for " brain- workers " -Lady anglers NOTE IV . FISHING AS A FINE ART . PAGE . 71 ...
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... art of angling itself . Most profit- able and most interesting too is the study of fish casts and paintings and a thousand odds and ends of things piscatorial in Mr. Frank Buckland's Museum of Fish and Fish Culture at South Kensington ...
... art of angling itself . Most profit- able and most interesting too is the study of fish casts and paintings and a thousand odds and ends of things piscatorial in Mr. Frank Buckland's Museum of Fish and Fish Culture at South Kensington ...
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... Fishing , some time in the latter half of the second century , a translation of which by Diaper and Jones ( 1722 ) , is by no means bad reading . But the art of Fishing or Angling can claim the distinction of being one of the first ...
... Fishing , some time in the latter half of the second century , a translation of which by Diaper and Jones ( 1722 ) , is by no means bad reading . But the art of Fishing or Angling can claim the distinction of being one of the first ...
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... angling generally , show that there existed in her time some considerable knowledge of the art , and perhaps that she herself was a proficient in it , or at least well able to cope with the uneducated fish of the period . She discusses ...
... angling generally , show that there existed in her time some considerable knowledge of the art , and perhaps that she herself was a proficient in it , or at least well able to cope with the uneducated fish of the period . She discusses ...
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