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Page 144
... means a steady rise of fly , lasting for nearly three weeks , but with no great amount of fly on any one day . A bad may - fly season means , as a rule , a regular " glut " of fly for three or four days , so that the fish are stuffed ...
... means a steady rise of fly , lasting for nearly three weeks , but with no great amount of fly on any one day . A bad may - fly season means , as a rule , a regular " glut " of fly for three or four days , so that the fish are stuffed ...
Page 334
... means of the hygrometer he would arrive at a solution of the mystery . But alas ! it was not to be . On several occasions when the air was well - nigh saturated , scent proved abominable . That the relative humidity of the air is not ...
... means of the hygrometer he would arrive at a solution of the mystery . But alas ! it was not to be . On several occasions when the air was well - nigh saturated , scent proved abominable . That the relative humidity of the air is not ...
Page 421
... mean ( Let every mon zing in his auwn pleace ) ; And Gaarge he wur the elder brother , And therevoore he would zing the beass . " 421 " Dick the treble , Jack the mean , and George the bass " meant the three parts of the British ...
... mean ( Let every mon zing in his auwn pleace ) ; And Gaarge he wur the elder brother , And therevoore he would zing the beass . " 421 " Dick the treble , Jack the mean , and George the bass " meant the three parts of the British ...
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