 | 1869 - 604 pages
...the Commissioners remark : "The produce of the sea aronnd our coasts bear a far higher proportions to that of the land than is generally imagined. The...belonging to the same owner, in a single 'night's fishing, brought in 17 tons' weight of fish, an amount of wholesome food equal in weight to that of 50 cattle,... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1773 - 674 pages
...animals of Jthe ocean chiefly resort, and this great and prolific field is free to the industry of all. The produce of the sea around our coasts bears a far...the bottom of the sea on the best fishing grounds yield a greater weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week in the year. Five vessels belonging... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1864 - 622 pages
...in the year an acre of good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn, or three hundred weight of meat or cheese ; the same area at the bottom of...the best fishing grounds, yields a greater weight of human food every week in the year. The city of London annually consumes 90,000 tons of beef, and an... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1866 - 574 pages
...once in the year an acre of good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn or two or three cwt. of meat or cheese, the same area at the bottom of...yields a greater weight of food to the persevering fishermen every week in the year. The Reports on the Cattle Plague indicate the extent of its ravages... | |
 | 1866 - 566 pages
...three cwt. of meat or cheese. The same area at the bottom of the sea, in the best fishing-grounds, yields a greater weight of food to the persevering...belonging to the same owner, in a single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons' weight of fish, — an amount of wholesome food equal in weight to that of fifty... | |
 | 1866 - 520 pages
...Once in the year an acre of good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn, or two or three cwt. of meat or cheese. The same area at the bottom of the sea, in the best fishinsrgrounds, yields a greater weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1867 - 312 pages
...good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of wheat, or two or three cwts. of meat or cheese. But the same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best...weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week of the year. Yet, how often do we see him returning clean and disappointed, bitterly repeating the... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1867 - 248 pages
...good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of wheat, or two or three cwts. of meat or cheese. But the same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best fishing grounds, yields a greater weight of focd to the persevering fisherman every week of the year. Yet, how often do we see him returning clean... | |
 | William Peard - 1868 - 298 pages
...land. Once in the year, an acre of good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn, 2 or 3 cwt. of meat or cheese. The same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best fishing-grounds, yields a greater weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week in the year.... | |
 | Thomas Ashworth - 1868 - 128 pages
...acre of good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn ; or two or three hundred pounds' weight of meat, or cheese ; the same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best fishing-grounds, yields a greater weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week in the year."... | |
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The most frequented fishing-grounds are much more prolific of food than the same extent of the richest land. Once in the year an acre of good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn, or two or three cwt. 
