10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACKEREL BREEZE»
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1
Reports on the Sea and River Fisheries of New Brunswick
When a " schull " is met with, the vessel, generally of 60 or 80 tons burthen, is put
under easy sail, a smart breeze (thence called a mackerel breeze) being
considered most favourable. It is stated 14 Report on the Fisheries. PORTS. 1841
1842 ...
2
The Animal Creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology
With swelling sails the boat flies along, and a sharp wind is considered so
desirable that it is called a " Mackerel breeze." The more rapid the speed the
greater the success, for the Mackerel rushes like lightning after the boat, taking it
for a flying ...
3
A History of British Fishes
The boat is placed under sail, and a smart breeze is considered favourable ;
hence termed a Mackerel breeze. The line is short, but is weighed down by a
heavy plummet; and in this manner, when these fish abound, two men will take
from five ...
4
Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, ...
The mackerel is easily taken, by a variety of baits, and the capture always
succeeds best during a gentle breeze of wind, which is hence termed a mackerel
breeze by seamen. At such a time, the usual bait is a bit of red cloth, a colored
feather, ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1854
5
The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of ...
The mackerel is easily taken, by a variety of baits, and the capture always
succeeds best during a gentle breeze of wind, which is hence termed a mackerel
breeze by seamen. At such a time the usual bait is a bit of red cloth, a coloured
feather, ...
6
Fishing at Sea: A Complete Guide to Hook and Line Fishing ...
They arc usually caught from a sailing- boat during a fresh breeze, thence called
a Mackerel-breeze, when the boat has good way through the water ; but in calm
weather a light rowing-boat is often had recourse to with much success, when ...
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Encyclopæedia americana: A popular dictionary of arts, ...
The mackerel is easily taken, by a variety of baits, and the capture always
succeeds best during a gentle breeze of wind, which is hence termed a mackerel
breeze by seamen. At such a time, the usual bait is a bit of red cloth, a colored
feather, ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1831
8
Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, ...
The mackerel is easily taken, by a variety of baits, and the capture always
succeeds best during a gentle breeze of wind, which is hence termed a mackerel
breeze by seamen. At such a time, the usual bait is a bit of red cloth, a colored
feather, ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1840
The mackerel is easily taken, by a variety of baits, and the capture always
succeeds best during a gentle breeze of wind, which is hence termed a mackerel
breeze by seamen. At such a time, the usual bait is a bit of red cloth, a colored
feather, ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1831
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. ...
... of fishes, but that from the mackerel was deemed by far the best: The mackerel
is easily taken, by a variety of baits, and the capture always succeeds best during
a gentle breeie of wind, which is hence termed a mackerel breeze by seamen.
Popular encyclopedia, Alexander Whitelaw, 1846
