This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...been there there be a good spate shortly after, to purify the streams Durin sheep washing, and for a fortni ht or three weeks afterwards, trout are very shy ofrising, is not much sport after sheep-washing begins, unless 1 q-Q--' Q more especially if the water be low. I have often ii spoken with old anglers about the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...been there there be a good spate shortly after, to purify the streams Durin sheep washing, and for a fortni ht or three weeks afterwards, trout are very shy ofrising, is not much sport after sheep-washing begins, unless 1 q-Q--' Q more especially if the water be low. I have often ii spoken with old anglers about the cause of this, and 1' have heard different reasons assigned for this shyness of the trout. One says that they are sick, in consequence of the water being impregnated with the tar and grease which is washed from the fleeces of the sheep; another, that it is as much owing to the dung from their hind quarters, as the greasy tar is not incorporated with the water, but floats, like a rainbow-coloured film, on the surface; and a third says they are gorged with the ticks and vermin which are dislodged from the fleece in the washing, To this last opinion I am inclined to give very little credit; but I think the trout may be disordered by the joint efiects of the greasy tar and dung, and alarmed by the disturbance in difierent parts of the stream. I have seen the scum of the tar by the side of a stream, in considerable quantity, ten days after the sheep-washing was over. A good spate, however, seldom fails to cure the trout and restore their appetite. I saw an instance oi' sick trout this year, but not in consequence of sheep-washing. It was in a stream which was much swollen from a heavy rain the day before, and the water was very much discoloured and thick, as if a newly-ploughed field had been overfiowed and the soil washed away. or as ifa bank of earth had fallen in. The water was by no means so high as I have frequently seen it, but in mid-channel it was almost black; and shoals of small trout crowded to the sides, so weak and help1ess, -...
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Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 192 pages, plus plates. Rebound by Whitman Bennett of New York in full Moroccan leather with raised spine bands creating six compartments. Gilt ruling and lettering, as well as five trout (? ) vignettes in spine compartments. All edges are gilded. The binder has beautifully used the original covers with elaborate gilt designs, as the front paste downs. There is a little separation of the front free end page from the following fly leaf. Occasional light foxing and offsetting. Volume remains tight and very attractive.
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VG-light wear and rubbing to leather boards, especially around spine. loose page at front. bookplate. Full brown leather boards with gilt decoration and lettering, 5 raised bands on spine and gilt fish and lures on spine. x, 192 pp. 32 unnumbered pages of leaves. BW illustrations. Illustrations by Beckwith and Topham.
