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" ... at the locks at Teddington and Hampton, the young eels have been seen to ascend the large posts of the flood-gates, in order to make their way, when the gates have been shut longer than usual. Those which die stick to the posts ; others, which get... "
An Introduction to the Natural History of Fishes: Being the Article ... - Página 224
por James Wilson - 1838 - 240 páginas
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Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings: To which is Added A Catalogue of ...

Thomas Boosey - 1835 - 328 páginas
...at Teddington. an,d Hampton young eels are to be seen ascending the large posts of the flood gates in order to make their way. When the gates have been...which get a little higher meet with the same fate, so that they form a layer for the passage of the rest, a curious instance of their migratory disposition....
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Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings: To which is Added A Catalogue of ...

Thomas Boosey - 1835 - 328 páginas
...locks at Teddington and Hampton young eels are to be seen ascending the large posts of the flood gates in order to make their way. When the gates have been...which get a little higher meet with the same fate, so that they form a layer for the passage of the rest, a curious instance of their migratory disposition....
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The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and Shooting

James Wilson - 1840 - 512 páginas
...procession of young eels, or as it is here called, the eel-fair, from the neighbourhood of 272 ANGLING. Blackfriar's Bridge, as far up the river as Chestrey,...rest to overcome the difficulty of the passage. A Mirious instance of the means which young eels will have recourse to, in order to perform their migrations,...
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Irish Penny Journal, Volumen1

1841 - 435 páginas
...the gates have been shut longer than Those which die stick to the posts ; others, which get ffiusual. a little higher, meet with the same fate, until at last a su cient layer of them is formed to enable the rest to overcome the difficulty of the passage. A curious...
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Facts from the World of Nature, Animate and Inanimate

Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - 1848 - 426 páginas
...past them, when the gates have been shut longer than usual. Those which climb first generally die, and stick to the posts; others, which get a little higher,...the rest to overcome the difficulty of the passage." "Near Bristol," he adds, " there is a large pond, immediately adjoining which there is a stream. On...
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A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, Volumen4

Jonathan Couch - 1865 - 602 páginas
...from Jesse's second series of "Gleanings in Natural History," where, referring to the Thames, he says, "At the locks at Teddington and Hampton the young...which young Eels will have recourse to in order to accomplish their migrations, is annually proved in the neighbourhood of Bristol. Near that city there...
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Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880 ..., Volumen5

1880 - 894 páginas
...seen to ascend the large posts of floodgates, " those which die, stick to the posts: others, which cet a little higher, meet with the same fate, until at...the rest to overcome the difficulty of the passage." Young eels have also sometimes been met with in large numbers performing migrations on land among moist...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volumen29

1886 - 920 páginas
...As one writer says, speaking of the way in which they ascend flood-gates and such like barriers, " Those which die stick to the posts ; others which...the rest to overcome the difficulty of the passage." The mortality resulting from such " forlorn hopes" greatly helps to account for the difference of number...
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... Some Curious Flyers, Creepers and Swimmers

James Johonnot - 1887 - 242 páginas
...As one writer says, speaking of the way in which they ascend flood-gates and such like barriers : " Those which die stick to the posts ; others, which...the rest to overcome the difficulty of the passage." The mortality resulting from such " forlorn hopes " greatly helps to account for the difference of...
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Anecdotes of Fish and Fishing

Thomas Boosey - 1887 - 276 páginas
...locks of Teddington and Hampton young eels are to be seen ascending the large posts of the flood gates in order to make their way. When the gates have been...which get a little higher meet with the same fate, so that they form a layer for the passage of the rest, a curious instance of their migratory disposition....
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