A River of Norway: Being the Notes and Reflections of an AnglerLongmans, Green and Company, 1903 - 168 страници |
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... sometimes makes the quiet Eng- lishman blush for his race in Bergen and on the tourist routes . No doubt such visitors bring money into the country , but it is im- possible not to sympathise with educated Norwegians who deplore that the ...
... sometimes makes the quiet Eng- lishman blush for his race in Bergen and on the tourist routes . No doubt such visitors bring money into the country , but it is im- possible not to sympathise with educated Norwegians who deplore that the ...
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... sometimes he dies . The food obtainable in the river is quite insufficient to support him , and there- fore he goes to the sea for his living , as some of our East Coast people go to the Dogger Bank . When from the abundant spoil of the ...
... sometimes he dies . The food obtainable in the river is quite insufficient to support him , and there- fore he goes to the sea for his living , as some of our East Coast people go to the Dogger Bank . When from the abundant spoil of the ...
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... sometimes do it . " " Pontoppidan held the opinion still asserted by some Norwegians who own fjord - nets , that “ The Salmon unquestionably breeds in the sea , tho ' it is not entirely to be deny'd but that they may sometimes breed in ...
... sometimes do it . " " Pontoppidan held the opinion still asserted by some Norwegians who own fjord - nets , that “ The Salmon unquestionably breeds in the sea , tho ' it is not entirely to be deny'd but that they may sometimes breed in ...
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... sometimes originated a blood - feud . A well - known angler once hooked a very big fish on the Conway , when unaccompanied by an attendant . Seeing a neighbour , with whom he was slightly ac- quainted , leaning over a bridge and ...
... sometimes originated a blood - feud . A well - known angler once hooked a very big fish on the Conway , when unaccompanied by an attendant . Seeing a neighbour , with whom he was slightly ac- quainted , leaning over a bridge and ...
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... sometimes come to load at the wharf , seem to require a great number of ropes and anchors to keep them steady . Some of the masters insist on putting a line across the river and tying it to a rock on the opposite bank . This rope ...
... sometimes come to load at the wharf , seem to require a great number of ropes and anchors to keep them steady . Some of the masters insist on putting a line across the river and tying it to a rock on the opposite bank . This rope ...
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&c.-continued Aamot's ALEXANDER INNES Alvaer Fos Anders ANDREW LANG angler angling ascend Bergen big fish boat BOOK brown trout Cabinet Edition cast CHAPTER cloth CO.'S STANDARD Coloured Plates Crown 8vo English Essays fall fish run fish-pass fjord flies flood foaming Frontispiece Froude's J. A. Furenaes gaff Gifford Lectures gilt edges gilt top grilse Haggard's H. R. half-bound HISTORY hooked a fish Illus Illustrations Jacob Olsen JAMES JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE Jock Scot July jump June killed ladder lake land Lars Lectures Lervik LL.D LONGMANS & CO.'S Lord Lower Stream M.A. Crown 8vo Maps Max Müller MESSRS miles Namsen Norway Norwegian rivers Osen peasants Photogravure pool prawn probably Proctor's R. A. rapid rise rock sea trout season Second Fos shore Silver spawning sport Story tackle take the fly Text tidal water tide tions Translated trations upper waters vols wading WILLIAM yards
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