 most frequented fishing grounds are much more prolific of food " than the same extent of the richest land. Once in the year an " acre of good land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn, or two  The Unnatural History of the Sea - Seite 164von Callum Roberts - 2007 - 456 SeitenEingeschränkte Leseprobe - Über dieses Buch
 | 1869 - 604 Seiten
...carefully tilled produces a ton of corn, or two or three cwts. 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,... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1773 - 674 Seiten
...of the sea on the best fishing grounds yield a greater weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week in the year. Five vessels belonging to...same owner, in a single night's fishing, brought in seventeen tons weight of fish, an amount of wholesome food equal in weight to that of 50 cattle or... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1864 - 622 Seiten
...carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn, or three hundred weight of meat or cheese ; the same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best fishing grounds, yields a greater weight of human food every week in the year. The city of London annually consumes 90,000 tons of beef, and an... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1866 - 574 Seiten
...land, carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn or two or three cwt. of meat or cheese, the same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best fishing grounds,...the persevering fishermen every week in the year. The Reports on the Cattle Plague indicate the extent of its ravages ; but when we learn from the statistics... | |
 | 1866 - 566 Seiten
...the sea, in the best fishing-grounds, yields a greater weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week in the year. Five vessels belonging to...single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons' weight of fish, — an amount of wholesome food equal in weight to that of fifty cattle or SOU sheep. The... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1867 - 312 Seiten
...carefully tilled, produces a ton of wheat, or two or three cwts. of meat or cheese. But 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 of the year. Yet, how often do we see him returning clean and disappointed, bitterly... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1867 - 248 Seiten
...carefully tilled, produces a ton of wheat, or two or three cwts. of meat or cheese. But the same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best fishing grounds, yields a greater weight of focd to the persevering fisherman every week of the year. Yet, how often do we see him returning clean... | |
 | William Peard - 1868 - 298 Seiten
...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...single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons weight of fish, an amount of wholesome food equal in weight to that of 50 cattle, or 300 sheep. The ground... | |
 | John Kirk - 1870 - 218 Seiten
...produces a ton of corn, or two hundredweight or three hundredweight 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,... | |
 | George Nall - 1871 - 88 Seiten
...carefully tilled, produces a ton of corn, or two or three cwt. of meat or cheese. The same area at the bottom of the sea on the best fishing grounds...single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons weight of fish, an amount of wholesome food equal in weight to that of 50 cattle or 300 sheep. The ground... | |
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