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... fish - The Rookery - Jackdaws - Foxes - Artificial Earths - Fox among Sheep - Foxes and Fowls- Poultry Claims — Observations on Scent - The Hygrometer - How Trout are Netted - Scarcity of Otters - Water - Voles . 311 · 340 CHAPTER XV ...
... fish - The Rookery - Jackdaws - Foxes - Artificial Earths - Fox among Sheep - Foxes and Fowls- Poultry Claims — Observations on Scent - The Hygrometer - How Trout are Netted - Scarcity of Otters - Water - Voles . 311 · 340 CHAPTER XV ...
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... FISH • BURFORD PRIORY • • BURFORD PRIORY • · • · • • · • THE MANOR HOUSE , COLN - ST . - ALDWYNS BIBURY STREET • • • Facing 42 69 Facing 78 · 98 Facing 106 • 120 134 Facing 140 · 153 Facing 172 • • 176 Facing 186 • · . 196 Facing 206 ...
... FISH • BURFORD PRIORY • • BURFORD PRIORY • · • · • • · • THE MANOR HOUSE , COLN - ST . - ALDWYNS BIBURY STREET • • • Facing 42 69 Facing 78 · 98 Facing 106 • 120 134 Facing 140 · 153 Facing 172 • • 176 Facing 186 • · . 196 Facing 206 ...
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... fish . I was told by a labourer that the trout ran from a quarter of a pound to three pounds , and that they average one pound in weight ; that in the " may - fly " season a score of fish are often taken in the day by one rod , and that ...
... fish . I was told by a labourer that the trout ran from a quarter of a pound to three pounds , and that they average one pound in weight ; that in the " may - fly " season a score of fish are often taken in the day by one rod , and that ...
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... fish could be deceived in water of such stainless transparency — a trout that weighed three pounds and a half . He was far and away the most beautiful trout we ever saw ; as silvery as a salmon that has just left the sea , he was a ...
... fish could be deceived in water of such stainless transparency — a trout that weighed three pounds and a half . He was far and away the most beautiful trout we ever saw ; as silvery as a salmon that has just left the sea , he was a ...
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... fishing ; indeed , the following description which Sir Roger de Coverley gave the " Spectator " of a " plain country fellow who rid before them , " when they were on their way to the assizes , suits him exactly . " He is a yeoman of ...
... fishing ; indeed , the following description which Sir Roger de Coverley gave the " Spectator " of a " plain country fellow who rid before them , " when they were on their way to the assizes , suits him exactly . " He is a yeoman of ...
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