 | Almanacs, English - 1829 - 466 pages
...land, at this season, become warmer than those from the sea. Mr. J. Couch, in the Lannean Transactions, says the little eels, according to his observation,...their way to the mouths of small brooks and rivers. \V hen the cold water from the autumnal flood begins to swell the rivers, this fish tries to return... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 566 pages
...season, become warmer ' than those of the sea. Mr. Couch says (Lin. ' Trans, part xiv. p. 70) that the little eels, according ' to his observation, are...rivers. When the cold water • from the autumnal floods begins to swell the rivers, ' this fish tries to return to the sea ; but numbers of ' the smaller... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 356 pages
...adhering to some eels that had died in the attempt. — Mr. J. Couch, in the Linnteiin Transactions, says, the little eels, according to his observation,...from the sea. I have sometimes seen them in spring, swimmiug in immense shoals in the Atlantic, in Mount Biy, making their way to small brooks and rivers.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...adhering to some eels that had died in the attempt. — Mr. J. Couch, in the LanntEan Transactions, says, the little eels, according to his observation,...from the sea. I have sometimes seen them in spring, swimmiug in immense shoals in the Atlantic, in Mount Bay, making their way to small brooks and rivers.... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 640 pages
...of the sea. Mr. J. Couch, (Lin. Trans, t. xiv. p. 70) says, that the little eels, according to hi» observation, are produced within reach of the tide,...the Atlantic, in Mount Bay, making their way to the mouth of small brooks and rivers. 170 171 the cold water from the autumnal floods begins to swell the... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 618 pages
...the tide, and y.iim'i round ful I s to rcAco fresh water from the sea. T have sometimes seen tnein, in spring, swimming in immense shoals, in the Atlantic, in Mount Bay, making their way to the mouth of small brooks and rivers. When the cold water from the autumnal floods begins to swell the... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1836 - 430 pages
...this season, become wanner than those of the sea.*. Mr Couch says, (Lin. Trans., part 14, p. 70), that the little eels, according to his observation, are...spring, swimming in immense shoals in the Atlantic, iu Mount Bay, making their way to the mouths of small brooks and rivers. When the cold water from the... | |
 | Henry Duncan - God - 1839 - 422 pages
...this season, become warmer than those of the sea. Mr. Couch says, (Lin. Trans., part 14, p. 70,) that the little eels, according to his observation, are...and rivers. When the cold water from the autumnal floods begins to swell the rivers, this fish tries to return to the sea ; but numbers of the smaller... | |
 | John Timbs - Science - 1844 - 306 pages
...adhering to some eels that had died in the attempt. — Mr. J. Couch, in the Linnaan Transactions, says, the little eels, according to his observation,...in the Atlantic, in Mount Bay, making their way to small brooks and rivers. When the cold water from the autumnal flood begins to swell the rivers, this... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1847 - 430 pages
...this season, become warmer than those of the sea. Mr. Couch says, (Lin. Trans., part 14, p. 70,) that the little eels, according to his observation, are...and rivers. When the cold water from the autumnal floods begins to swell the rivers, this fish tries to return to the sea ; but numbers of the smaller... | |
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Trans., part 14, p. 70,) that the little eels, according to his observation, are produced within reach of the tide, and climb round falls to reach fresh water from the sea. I have sometimes seen them, in spring, swimming in immense shoals in the Atlantic,... 
