 | William Hoyle - 1871 - 182 페이지
...fisherman every week in the year. Five vessels belonging to the same owner, in a single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons weight of fish, — an amount of wholesome food equal to that of 50 cattle, or 300 sheep. The ground which these vessels covered could not have exceeded... | |
 | Tresham Gilbey - 1872 - 474 페이지
...fishing, brought in 17 tons of fish, c an amount equal in weight to 50 cattle or 300 sheep. The ground 1 which these vessels covered, during the night's fishing, could not ' have exceeded an area of 50 acres.' * year. The late Mr. Thomas Ashworth, the most practical, persevering and successful of pisciculturists,... | |
 | Edward William L. Davies - 1875 - 380 페이지
..."Five vessels, in a single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons of fish, an amount equal in weight to 50 cattle or 300 sheep. The ground which these vessels...fishing, could not have exceeded an area of 50 acres." The late Mr. Thomas Ashworth, the most practical, persevering, and successful of pisciculturists, commenting... | |
 | Edward William Lewis Davies - 1875 - 354 페이지
...Five vessels, in a single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons of fish, an amount equal in weight to 50 cattle or 300 sheep. The ground which these vessels...fishing, could not have exceeded an area of 50 acres." .worth, the most The late Mr. vering, and success Report, says—" I* t s:S*-— at £l a ton, say... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - 1867 - 462 페이지
..."Five vessels, in a single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons of fish, an amount equal in weight to 50 cattle or 300 sheep The ground which these vessels...fishing, could not have exceeded an area of 50 acres." If we estimate the annual profit of 50 acres of the best land at j£2 per acre, that is £100, and... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 338 페이지
...the year an acre of good land carefully tilled produces a ton of corn, or two or three hundredweights of meat or cheese. The same area at the bottom of...fishing could not have exceeded an area of 50 acres. 11. It has been supposed that nearly a tenth of the population of China derive their means of support... | |
 | Henry Sullivan Thomas - 1881 - 528 페이지
...every week in the year. Five " vessels belonging to . the same owner, in a single night's fishing, " brought in 17 tons weight of fish, an amount of wholesome...fishing could not " have exceeded an area of 50 acres." 12. Not without careful consideration can such an astounding assertion have been arrived at by such... | |
 | Henry Sullivan Thomas - 1881 - 524 페이지
...every week in the year. Five " vessels belonging to the same owner, in a single night's fishing, " brought in 17 tons weight of fish, an amount of wholesome...fishing could not " have exceeded an area of 50 acres." 12. Not without careful consideration can such an astounding assertion have been arrived at by such... | |
 | John William De Caux - 1881 - 180 페이지
...that "five trawlers belonging to the same owner, in one single night's fishing, brought in seventeen tons weight of fish, an amount of wholesome food equal in weight to that of fifty cattle or three hundred sheep ; " and from this fact they argue that, as "once in the year an... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1883 - 32 페이지
...fisherman every week in the year. Five vessels belonging to the same source in a single night's fishing brought in 17 tons weight of fish — an amount of...fishing could not have exceeded an area of 50 acres. My colleagues * and I made this statement a good many years ago. I have recently tried to discover... | |
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... of meat or cheese. The same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best fishing grounds, yields a greater weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week in the year. Five vessels, belonging to the same owner, in a single night's fishing, brought... 
