 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - 1775 - 620 pagine
...Seagrave, of whom I fpake to you formerly *, that keeps tame Otters, thai he hath known a Pike in extream hunger fight with one of his Otters for a Carp that...h^ad caught, and was then bringing out of the water. I have told you who relates thefe things, and tell you they are perfons of credit, and /hall conclude... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pagine
...head of a swan as she was feeding under water, and gorged so much of it as killed them both -f~. '? I have been assured (says Walton) by my friend Mr....had caught, and was then bringing out of the water." Boulker, in his Art of Angling, p, 9, says, that his father caught a pike that was an ell long, and... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pagine
...the head of a swan as she was feeding under water, and gorged so much of it as killed them both*. " I have been assured (says Walton) by my friend Mr....known a Pike, in extreme hunger, fight with one of his ottfrs for a carp that the otter had caught, and was then bringing out of the water." Boulker, in his... | |
 | 1820 - 188 pagine
...the head of a swan as she was feeding under water, and gorged so much of i(, as killed them both. " I have been assured (says Walton) by my friend Mr. Seagrave, who keeps tame otters, that hfr has known a. Pike, in extreme hunger, fight with one of his otters for a carp that the otter had... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 518 pagine
...assured by my friend Mr. Seagrave, of whom I spake to you formerly, that keeps tame Otters, that he hath known a Pike in extreme hunger, fight with one of...had caught, and was then bringing out of the water. I have told you who relate these things, and tell you they are persons of credit, and shall conclude... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 278 pagine
...nor does the Pike confine itself to feed on fish and frogs, it will draw down the water rats and the young ducks as they are swimming about, and even attack...tame otters, that he has known a Pike, in extreme hanger, fight with one of his otters for a carp that the otter had caught, and was then bringing out... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pagine
...the head of a swan as she was feeding under water, and gorged so much of it, as to kill them both. " I have been assured (says Walton) by my friend Mr....had caught, and was then bringing out of the water. Boulker, in his Art of Angling, says, that his father caught a Pike, which he presented to Lord Cholmondeley,... | |
 | 1829 - 494 pagine
...clear marks of the power of digestion, whilst the rest of the fish was still fresh and unimpaired. " I have been assured (says Walton) by my friend Mr....had caught, and was then bringing out of the water." Boulker, in his Art of Angling, says, that his father caught a Pike, which he presented to Lord Cholmondeley,... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 164 pagine
...drinking, and was in consequence dragged out of the water ; and Walton says, " I have been assured by my friend Mr. Seagrave, who keeps tame otters,...had caught, and was then bringing out of the water. In December, 1765, a pike was caught in the river Ouse, which weighed about twenty-eight pounds, and... | |
 | William Yarrell - 1836 - 454 pagine
...itself. Walton was assured by his friend Mr. Segrave, who kept tame otters, VOL. i. 2 c that he had known a Pike, in extreme hunger, fight with one of...had caught, and was then bringing out of the water ; and, with the old adage, adds, " it is a hard thing to persuade the belly, because it has no ears.'"... | |
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I spake to you formerly, that keeps tame Otters, that he hath known a Pike in extreme hunger, fight with one of his Otters for a Carp that the Otter had caught, and was then bringing out of the water. 
