. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. aats, and myriads iU'c ith linos. The lino of nt, and of coiu-sc tin; ormouH net must be casions, the meshes of fish hanging by their sweeping up myriads the whole net and its 3cesful fishermen. ;ecdingly ; sometimes laekarel, and at other I draught of fish will oat sold in one night nackarel. :er they are tiiken out ler, and easily injured ,o any great distance, for the capture of the strip cut from a dead i-board. Tlie fish bite t, and are frequently p of scarlet leather or runnv.^. ^«ii^Ssa>"' avera
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. aats, and myriads iU'c ith linos. The lino of nt, and of coiu-sc tin; ormouH net must be casions, the meshes of fish hanging by their sweeping up myriads the whole net and its 3cesful fishermen. ;ecdingly ; sometimes laekarel, and at other I draught of fish will oat sold in one night nackarel. :er they are tiiken out ler, and easily injured ,o any great distance, for the capture of the strip cut from a dead i-board. Tlie fish bite t, and are frequently p of scarlet leather or runnv.^. ^«ii^Ssa>"' averaging four feet in Mediterranean. Large r and June, at wliich 417 NATURAL HI8T0UV, season immense shoals of tl>e»e Ssh -- Jj;;;^: i,:;;^ L ; Xn^ the shori: one edge being fixed to tho be. cm . he sea by inu^hors and weights and the f )^'-' ^^^^ ^ ,t the Hurico of the water by corks. A '^:;^».'« t'uu^ tonnu , s r . ci> n" the coast for nearly a mile m length. ;m!:;^innuing along the coast pass "f;^)^-^^ ^i tinue their -td U-y - J^^ir 'T^ 0!^^- ,. tbi> "chamber of death. A stung "ti. \>m^ weapons soon destroys the entn-e shoal. ,, ,. , .„„„, This fish is not unfrciueutly found on English coast. (ar. X.^I«, shaped like a sword ; the Sword-fiBh.) ':Wp0^T'-7?^^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : G. Routledge
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