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He laughed aloud when he saw a big sand-eel, bigger than any which the man had yet captured -- for he took the trouble to go and see in his basket -- escape into the water and swim out of the man's reach.
The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story John Roussel
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Usually, however, the best sport is obtained by trailing some spinning-bait, such as an artificial or natural sand-eel, behind a boat.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Without changing his expression, Clarence cautiously uttered the deep snarl of a sand-eel surprised while bathing.
The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion 1928
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Once he saw a sand-eel dancing on his tail by the sea-shore.
In the Wrong Paradise Andrew Lang 1878
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"Let's try another kind," said the mate, and the line being drawn in, an artificial sand-eel was fastened by the stout twisted wire hook to the swivel on the line.
Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy George Manville Fenn 1870
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I may take this opportunity of remarking that naturalists have observed that in most of the great classes a series exists from very complicated to very simple beings; thus in Fish, what a range there is between the sand-eel and shark, -- in the Articulata, between the common crab and the
The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 Charles Darwin 1845
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The fish aren't on the market because sand-eel fishing was discontinued after the March 11 earthquake, the report said.
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Mike, also a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee, doesn't think it had anything to do with Shetland's long-term problem of declining sand-eel stocks, which has led to reductions in numbers of breeding seabirds.
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The unlucky juvenile kittiwake was probably not one of the reduced number reared at Shetland colonies this summer due to the sand-eel disappearance.
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"sand-eel man" was still busy, but he was far enough.
The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story John Roussel
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