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Survey of London
… At that time Gravel Lane extended northwards to the river along the line of the present Sumner Street and Hopton …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Channel by Day. 25. John Dory. Zeus faber, Linn. 26. Boar-fish. Capros aper, Linn. Baker says this fish is very rare, but that he has met with specimens in … fry of this species are found in the tributaries of the river in autumn. It is now well known that they spawn in the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Shirehampton; The Pill, Clevedon stagnalis (Bast.). River mouths on the coast Bithynia tentaculata (Linn.) … Dreissensia polymorpha (Pall.) Unio pictorum (Linn.) River Avon; River Brue; Bath Canal tumidus, Retz. River Avon; River Brue, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… northern part of the county on the southern side of the river Avon, which here constitutes the boundary line between … these nets are set to take shrimps, sprats and other fish which the tide as it goes out leaves in them. Although the fisherman is always on the spot to secure his fish as the tide recedes, he assures me he has never once …