 | 680 pages
...ring attached to it, on which were the following words in Greek characters : " I am the fish which was first of all put into this lake by the hands of the Governor of the Universe, Frederick II., the 5th of October, 1230." This fish was, therefore, two hundred and sixty-seven years old, and... | |
 | Hunting - 1813 - 422 pages
...affixed a brazen ring with the following words engraved on it in Greek characters, " J am the fish which was first of all put into this lake by the hands of the governor o/the universe, Frederick the Second, the fifth of October, 1230." The Pike has a flat head and sharp... | |
 | Ange Denis M'Quin - Cooking - 1820 - 120 pages
...years. On the collar was engraved the following inscription in Greek: " I am the first fish which was put into this lake by the hands of the governor of the universe, Frederic II. the 5th of October, 1230." Lacepede, (Hist, des Poissons) pretends that the existence... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 862 pages
...brazen ring affixed to it, on which were these words in Creek characters: " 1 am the lish which ivas first of all put into this lake by the 'hands of the Governor of ihn Universe, Frederick the Second, the 5th of October 1230."— -The pike spawns in March and April,... | |
 | Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...a brazen ring, with the following words engraved on it in Greek characters : " I am the fish, which was first of all put into this lake, by the hands...Frederick the Second, the fifth of October, 1230." THE PERCH SELDOM grows to any great size; yet we have an account of one which is said to have weighed nine... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...with a brazen ring affixed to it, on which were these words in Greek characters: / am the Jish which was first of all put into this lake by the hands of...governor of the universe, Frederick the Second, the 5th of October, 1230: so that the former must have been an infant to this Methusalem of a fish. Pike... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 358 pages
...brazen ring affixed to it, on which were these words in Greek characters : 1 am the fish which wasjirst of all put into this lake by the hands of the governor of the universe, Frederick the Second, the 5th of October, 1230: so that the former must have been an infant to this Methuselah of a fish. Pike... | |
 | William Yarrell - Fishes Great Britain - 1836 - 454 pages
...brazen ring attached to it, on which were these words in Greek characters : — " I am the fish which was first of all put into this lake by the hands of...Governor of the Universe, Frederick the Second, the 5th of October 1230." This fish was therefore two hundred and sixtyseven years old, and was said to... | |
 | Mary Roberts - 1837 - 338 pages
...it, on which the following words were inscribed in Greek characters : — " I am the first that was put into this lake by the hands of the governor of the universe, Frederick the Second, on the fifth of October, twelve hundred and thirty." The age was, consequently, two hundred and sixty-seven... | |
 | 1837 - 704 pages
...brazen ring attached to it, on which were these words in Greek characters: ' I am the fish which was put into this lake by the hands of the Governor of the Universe, Frederick II., the 5th of October, 12.30.' This fish was therefore 267 years old, and was said to' have weighed... | |
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Suabia, with a brazen ring attached to it, on which were these words in Greek characters : — " I am the fish which was first of all put into this lake by the hands of the Governor of the Universe, Frederick the Second, the 5th of October 1230. 
