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Page 28 - Act, be employed in any casual employment after nine o'clock at night, from the first day of April to the first day of October, and after seven o'clock at night from the first day of October to the first day of April.
Page 11 - ... when I would beget content and increase confidence in the power and wisdom and providence of Almighty God, I will walk the meadows, by some gliding stream, and there contemplate the lilies that take no care, and those very many other various little living creatures that are not only created but fed, man knows not how, by the goodness of the God of Nature, and therefore trust in him.
Page 60 - ... weak or not fully developed fish. Great caution is necessary in the selection of the site for a pond or the natural pond which is to be converted into a carp-pond. Overflows not only injure the ponds and fishes, but may result in a still worse disaster, that of carrying away the fishes into strange waters and destroying the ponds. The fundamental rule in carp-culture is that the water be of the same depth in summer and winter. If the supply of water is too plentiful, great quantities of mud are...
Page 60 - Great caution is necessary in the selection of the site for a pond or the natural pond, which is to be converted into a carp-pond. Overflows not only injure the ponds and fishes, but may result in a still worse disaster, — that of carrying away the fishes into strange waters and destroying the ponds. The fundamental rule in carp-culture is, that the water be of the same depth in summer and winter. If the supply of water is too plentiful, great quantities of mud are carried into the pond, embedding...
Page 44 - Kieouking-fou, in the province of Kiang-si, at certain times of the year, are assembled a prodigious number of boats for the purchase there of the eggs of fish. Toward the month of May, the country people bar the river in various places with mats and hurdles for a length of about nine or ten leagues, leaving only sufficient space for the passage of the boats. The eggs of the fish are stopped by these hurdles. They can distinguish them by the eye, where other persons can see nothing in the water.
Page 18 - MacDonald, commissioner, Washington, DC Capt. JW Collins, assistant in charge of fisheries division. Richard Ratburn, assistant in charge of scientific inquiry. George HH Moore, superintendent of distribution.
Page 27 - ... and occupant of such obstruction with a durable and suitable fishway for the passage of fish, of such form and capacity, and in such location as may be determined by the fish commissioners of this State, who. when they shall have determined upon the form, capacity and location of any such fishway, shall give written notice thereof to one or more owners or occupants of the obstructions over which such fishway is to be built, and require the same to be built within a time to be therein specified.
Page 11 - Meadows by some gliding stream, and there contemplate the Lilies that take no care, and those very many other various little living creatures, that are not only created but fed (man knows not how) by the goodness of the God of Nature, and therefore trust in him. This is my purpose: and so, Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
Page 56 - Toward the center of the pond a cavity is dug, two feet deeper than the rest of the pond. This also serves the fishes as a resting place in summer and winter. This cavity is called a "kettle.
Page 77 - Persons desiring information from any of these gentlemen, can probably obtain the same by writing and enclosing stamp (or reply. I am not certain that Mr. Jacob has, at this writing, finished his ponds. upon the site here shown, nor was its feasibility determined until a careful hydraulic survey had been made. In carrying out the details of construction, the levels have been maintained to the fraction of an inch. The site occupied by the ponds was nearly level, with a very gradual slope to the south,...