A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the Riverside. Containing Explanations of Every Term Applicable to Racing, Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, Hawking, Archery, Etc. ... With Essays Upon All National Amusements |
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... kind which comes on instan- taneously , continues for hours or days , and then disappears . ALTISIDORA . This celebrated mare , the winner of the Doncaster St. Leger , 1813 , was bred by R. Watt , Esq . Altisidora , ch . was got by Dick ...
... kind which comes on instan- taneously , continues for hours or days , and then disappears . ALTISIDORA . This celebrated mare , the winner of the Doncaster St. Leger , 1813 , was bred by R. Watt , Esq . Altisidora , ch . was got by Dick ...
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... kind exhibits a yellowish colour without , and white within . AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS are such as live partly on the land and partly in the water , as badgers , otters , ducks , & c . ANASARCA . A species of dropsy , from a serous humour ...
... kind exhibits a yellowish colour without , and white within . AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS are such as live partly on the land and partly in the water , as badgers , otters , ducks , & c . ANASARCA . A species of dropsy , from a serous humour ...
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... kind , but better and brighter , till the swallow and the trout appear to contend for the gaudy May - fly , and till , in pursuing your amusement in the calm and balmy evening , you are serenaded by the cheerful thrush or melodious ...
... kind , but better and brighter , till the swallow and the trout appear to contend for the gaudy May - fly , and till , in pursuing your amusement in the calm and balmy evening , you are serenaded by the cheerful thrush or melodious ...
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... the shank , and the barb long ; the size and sort depending on the kind of fish for which you propose to angle . The angler should be always pro- vided with a variety . " " melodyous armony of the fowlls , he the ANGLING . 11.
... the shank , and the barb long ; the size and sort depending on the kind of fish for which you propose to angle . The angler should be always pro- vided with a variety . " " melodyous armony of the fowlls , he the ANGLING . 11.
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... kind ; and the kochlani , or noble kind . The breed of the latter is an object of particular attention , and their genealogy has been preserved for two thousand years , descending , as they affirm , from the stalls of So- lomon . The ...
... kind ; and the kochlani , or noble kind . The breed of the latter is an object of particular attention , and their genealogy has been preserved for two thousand years , descending , as they affirm , from the stalls of So- lomon . The ...
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