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ALCHEMIA
Tag: Silver tinsel
Tail: Golden pheasant crest and Indian crow
Butt: Black herl
Body: In two sections. First section, silver tinsel, veiled above and below with red toucan,
butted with black herl. Second section, as the first
Throat: Jungle cock and peacock pheasant as shown
Wing: Pionus with a golden pheasant crest over
Sides: Two pairs of Grey peacock pheasant overlapping
Cheeks: Monal pheasant
Horns: Amherst pheasant tail fibres
CZĘŚĆIOWE ZAĆMIENIE
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and Indian crow.
Butt: Black herl.
Body: In two equal sections. The rear section is of silver tinsel, veiled above and below with Black-faced golden bowerbird, butted with black herl. The front section is of silver tinsel veiled above and below with the green feathers from rainbow lorikeet.
Throat: Grey peacock pheasant as shown.
Wing: Pionus wing feather. A topping over all.
Cheeks: Grey peacock pheasant and magnificent riflebird.
Horns: Amherst pheasant.
EVANGELINE
Tag: Silver Tinsel and topping-coloured silk
Tail: A topping.
Butt: Black herl
Body: in four equal sections: The first two are of silver tinsel, butted with black herl and veiled above and below with blue chatterer. The third section is of red silk, and the last is of red-claret silk. Each section is butted with black herl and veiled above and below with Indian crow.
Ribs: Fine silver tinsel over the silk only.
Throat: Eurasian jay.
Wing: A yellow feather from the blue macaw. A topping over all.
Cheeks: Summer duck.
Horns: Scarlet Macaw.
MARTUSIA
Tag: Silver tinsel and golden silk
Tail: Topping (doubled) and Indian crow (doubled)
Butt: Black Herl
Body: In two sections. Rear three-fifths oval silver tinsel, veiled above and below with golden toucan,
butted with black herl. Front two-fifths oval silver tinsel, veiled above and below with golden toucan.
The tips of the toucan should reach a little short of half of the previous veils.
Throat: Banded Gymnogene and jungle cock as shown.
Wing: Resplendent Quetzal and Germain's peacock pheasant. Golden pheasant crest over all.
Sides: Germain's peacock pheasant
Cheeks: Indian Crow
Horns: Amherst pheasant tail
KRÓLEWSKI PORADNIK WĘDKARSKI Z INDII Z XII W.
Jednym z najważniejszych źródeł do poznania dziejów wędkarstwa w świecie jest fragment induskiej księgi Manasollasa z XII w., w której jest opis połowu na wędkę, jako formy rozrywki. To źródło, pokrytę grubą warstwą historycznego kurzu i ukryte w trudnodostępnym oraz rzadko czytanym czasopiśmie w Europie, jest nieznane szerszemu kręgowi osób piszących o dziejach wędkarstwa, gdyż w żadnej ze znanych mi prac nie jest ono cytowane.