 | 1835 - 538 páginas
...London by vans, which travel up during the night. The most common mode of fishing for Mackerel, and in which the greatest numbers are taken, is by drift-nets....reddish-brown colour, to preserve it from the action of the sea water. The size of the mesh is about two and a half inches, or rather larger. Twelve, fifteen,... | |
 | William Yarrell - 1836 - 454 páginas
...point from which they can obtain land-carriage for their fish. From Hastings and other fishing-towns on the Sussex coast the fish are brought to London...are made of small fine twine, which is tanned of a reddish brown colour, to preserve it from the action of the sea-water ; and it is thereby rendered... | |
 | William Yarrell - 1841 - 524 páginas
...month. They were cried through the streets of London three for a shilling on the 14th and 22nd of Mareh 1834, and had then been plentiful for a month. The...are made of small fine twine, which is tanned of a reddish brown colour, to preserve it from the action of the sea-water; and it is thereby rendered much... | |
 | 1841 - 524 páginas
...their appearance there till the last week in July or the first week in August.' ' The most common way of fishing for mackerel, and the way in which the...sea-water ; and it is thereby rendered much more durable.' SCONE or SCOON, a village in Perthshire, on the left or east bank of the Tay, a little above Perth,... | |
 | 1841 - 524 páginas
...their appearance there till the last week in July or the first week in August.' ' The most common way of fishing for mackerel, and the way in which the...reddish-brown colour, to preserve it from the action of the sea-watey; and it is thereby rendered much more durable." SCONE or SCOON, a village in Perthshire,... | |
 | 1841 - 1042 páginas
...way of fishing for mackerel, and the way in which the greatest numbers are taken, is by drift- nets. The drift-net is twenty feet deep, by one hundred...are made of small fine twine, which is tanned of a reddish brown colour, to preserve it from the action of the sea-water ; and it is thereby rendered... | |
 | 1841 - 598 páginas
...fishing for mackerel, and the way m which the greatest numbers are taken, is by drift-nets. The drift-nei is twenty feet deep, by one hundred and twenty feet long ; well curkcd at the top. but without lead at the bottom. Tliey are made of small fine twine, which is tanned... | |
 | Moses Henry Perley - 1849 - 42 páginas
...way in which the greatest numbers are taken, is by drift-nets. The drift-net is 20 feet deep, by 120 feet long ; well corked at the top, but without lead...reddish-brown colour, to preserve it from the action of the salt water, and it is thereby rendered much more durable. The size of the mesh is about 2J inches,... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - 1854 - 350 páginas
...flavour to those of the spring or autumn. To be eaten in perfection, this fish should be very fresh. The most common mode of fishing for mackerel, and...by one hundred and twenty feet long ; well corked along the top, but without lead at the bottom. They are made of small fine twine, which is tanned of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 páginas
...London by vans, which travel up during the night. The most common made of fishing for mackerel, «mi n which the greatest numbers are taken, is by driftnets....hundred and twenty feet long, well corked at the top, fco» without lead at the bottom. They are made of smill fine twine, which is tanned of a reddish-brown... | |
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The most common mode of fishing for mackerel, and the way in which the greatest numbers are taken, is by drift-nets. The drift-net is twenty feet deep, by one hundred and twenty feet long; well corked at the top, but without lead at the bottom. They are... 
