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" ... or vermilion. This extraordinary fish, after having been inspected by many gentlemen, was carefully put into a pond, and at the time the account was written, twelve months afterwards, was alive and well... "
A history of British fishes - Page 61
by Robert Hamilton - 1876
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Rural Sports, Volume 2

William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 pages
...pounds nine ounces and a quarter; the Colour was also singular, his belly being that>fa Charr, or a Vermilion. This extraordinary fish, after having been...inspected by many Gentlemen, was carefully put into a pond ; but either from confinement, age, or bulk, it at first merely floated, and at last, with difficulty,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 11

1823 - 862 pages
...pounds, nine ounces and a quarter : the colonr was also singular, his belly being that of a charr, or a | ; but either from confinement, age, or bulk, it at first merely floated, and at last, with difficulty,...
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A history of British fishes, Volume 1

William Yarrell - 1836 - 454 pages
...weight eleven pounds nine ounces and a quarter ; the colour was also singular, his belly being that of a char, or vermilion. This extraordinary fish, after...was written, twelve months afterwards, was alive and weli."* " Tench are said to love foul and weedy, more than clear, water; but situation does not always...
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The British Angler's Manual: Or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland ...

Thomas Christopher Hofland - 1839 - 492 pages
...also very singular, his belly being that of charr or vermilion. This extraordinary fish, after being inspected by many gentlemen, was carefully put into a pond, and at the time this account was written (twelve months afterwards) was alive and well." Tench seldom exceed five or...
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A History of British Fishes, Volume 1

William Yarrell - 1841 - 524 pages
...weight eleven pounds nine ounces and a quarter; the colour was also singular, his belly being that of a char, or vermilion. This extraordinary fish, after...twelve months afterwards, was alive and well."* " Tench are said to love foul and weedy, more than clear, water; but situation docs not always influence their...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 19

1841 - 276 pages
...weight eleven pounds nine ounces and a quarter ; the colour was also singular, the belly being of a char, or vermilion. This extraordinary fish after...inspected by many gentlemen, was carefully put into a pond ; but either from confinement, age, or bulk, it at first merely floated, and at last with difficulty...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of ..., Volume 2; Volume 11

1842 - 528 pages
...ounces and a quarter ; the colour was also singular, his belly being that of a char, or vermilliou. This extraordinary fish, after having been inspected...written, twelve months afterwards, was alive and well. — Yamll'i Hillary of Britiih Fishes. The Olirt-Tree ana ill Effect I on Social Economy. — The iir...
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The British Angler's Manual: Or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland ...

Thomas Christopher Hofland - 1848 - 584 pages
...also very singular, his belly being that of charr or vermilion. This extraordinary fish, after being inspected by many gentlemen, was carefully put into a pond, and at the time this account was written (twelve months afterwards) was alive and well." Tench seldom exceed five or...
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British fish and fisheries

British fish - 1849 - 200 pages
...weight eleven pounds nine ounces and a quarter ; the colour was also singular, his belly being that of a char, or vermilion. This extraordinary fish, after...written, twelve months afterwards, was alive and well." Not only then did this fish live in his moist prison, but grew to an enormous size. The tench is too...
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Prose Halieutics, Or, Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle

David Badham - 1854 - 578 pages
...confined. He weighed eleven pounds nine ounces ; his colour was singular, his belly being that of ochre or vermilion. This extraordinary fish. after having...written, twelve months afterwards, was alive and well.' * Phanias says that it rained fish for three days in Chersonesus, — Phylarchus, that showers of fish,...
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