A Modern System of Natural History: Containing Accurate Descriptions, and Faithful Histories, of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals. Together with Their Properties, and Various Uses in Medicine, Mechanics,manufactures, &c, Volume 9F. Newbery, the corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, Ludgate-Street, 1776 |
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Page 70 - Pike had devoured all the fish, except one large Carp, that weighed between nine and ten pounds, and that was bitten in several places. The Pike was then put into the canal again, together with abundance of...
Page 64 - When the fish was swimming, it measured six inches in depth near the middle, from the upper part of the back to the lower edge of the fin, and it could not be more than two inches broad on the back at that place. The whole body, from about four inches below the head, seems to be clearly distinguished into four different longitudinal parts or divisions.
Page 61 - Time, make experiments and inductions, distrust their intellects, confide in facts and in their senses : and by these arts drawing aside the veil of Nature, find a mean and groveling animal armed with lightning, that awful and celestial fire, revered by the ancients as the peculiar attribute of the father of their...
Page 127 - ... as a snail moves, to that chub you intend to catch ; let your bait fall gently upon the water three or four inches before him, and he will infallibly take the bait.
Page 73 - I mean the arming-wire, through his mouth. and out at his gills ; and then with a fine needle and silk sew the upper part of his leg, with only one stitch, to the arming- wire of your hook ; or tie the frog's leg above the upper joint to the armed wire ; and in so doing, use him as though you loved him, that is, harm him as little as you may possibly, that he may live the longer.
Page 78 - Shank, leaded about three Inches up the Wire with a Piece of Lead about a quarter of an Inch...
Page 88 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth, and they drive the water before them with a kind of rippling...
Page 54 - ... be three times the length of your rod. In this kind of angling you should place yourself so that the wind may be upon your back — or, at least, you must choose such a time and place that the wind may blow down the stream — and then it will assist you in laying your fly upon the water before your line touches it, for if the latter touch the water first it will...
Page 104 - Claret well with salt, cloves, and mace, and the rinds of oranges and lemons : that done, cover your pot and set it on a quick fire, till it be sufficiently boiled; then take out the Carp, and lay it with the broth into the dish, and pour upon it a quarter of a pound of the best fresh butter, melted and beaten with half a dozen spoonfuls of the broth, the yolks of two or three eggs, and some of the herbs shred ; garnish your dish with lemons, and so serve it up, and much good do you.
Page 70 - I have often remarked, that when it is taken hold of with one hand, and the other hand is put into the water over its body, without touching it, the person...