On English Lagoons; Being an Account of the Voyage of Two Amateur Wherrymen on the Norfolk and Suffolk Rivers and Broads - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1150046783 ISBN 13: 9781150046780

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1893. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... appendix. the log of the wherry "maid of the mist." September 15, 1890, To August 31, 1891. 1890. y Sept. 15.--Mooring--Hiokling Back Staithe. Water temp., 550. „ 16.--Mooring--Hickling Back Staithe. „ 17.--Mooring--Hickling Back Staithe. Sand martins nocking. „ 18.--Mooring--Just below Acle Bridge. Max. temp., 95 in sun; water, 55, 8 P.m. Bain. „ 19.--Mooring--Runham. „ 20.--Mooring--Runham. Max. temp., 70; Min., 58; water, 6o. Eels are on the move. „ 21.--Mooring--Berney Arms. Bee wits on marshes; starlings in flocks on the ronds; sand martins flying low. Smelting. Samphire grows on Breydon. „ 22.--Mooring--Berney Arms. Max. temp., 72; water, 50. Sow eats fish. Beewits flying athwart the wind. „ 23.--Mooring--Berney Arms. Light S.W. wind and vapour. Larks hovering; starlings on ronds. Old Smelter remembers when fifty wherries used to wait at Burgh to go over Breydon. „ 24.--Mooring--Berney Arms. Max. temp., 68; water, 48. Smelts used not to come up to Burgh at all; they stopped in Breydon. „ 25.--Mooring--Cantley. Max. temp., 640; water, 48. "Wind easterly above, westerly low down; heavy dew falls in evening. Boling marsh hay and feeding bullocks on marsh at same time. „ 26.--Mooring--Brundall. Max. temp., 79.5. Moonlit night; mist. „ 27.--Mooring--Woodsend. „ 28.--Mooring--Woodsend. Max. temp., 72; water, 48. Rooks cawing after 11 P.m. Fish jumping in the moonlight. „ 29.--Mooring--Woodsend. S.W. wind. Roach and bream biting well; caught some ruffes. „ 30.--Mooring--Woodsend. Ringdoves; large flocks of peewits, gulls, and starlings on marshes. Oct. 1.--Mooring--New Mills, Norwich. Gale; heavy rain; storms. Quantities o...

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