Rocks and Rivers: Or Highland Wanderings Over Crag and Correi, "flood and Fell.".John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... Castle Connal.- A Highland chief stabbed by a penknife ! A fifty year old badger . - Anecdotes of badgers . - Hooking a fine ferox opposite the Gled's nest . - Johnnie's government grievances . - The mur- dered Tinker's Cairn . - His ...
... Castle Connal.- A Highland chief stabbed by a penknife ! A fifty year old badger . - Anecdotes of badgers . - Hooking a fine ferox opposite the Gled's nest . - Johnnie's government grievances . - The mur- dered Tinker's Cairn . - His ...
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... Castle Connal Bay . The estuary of the Awe . " The Foord at the fit o ' the Loch " • 45 ROCK AND RIVER OUSELS . Rock ousels gregarious in autumn . - Feed on fruit . - Hatch in low bushes on lonely waste ground . - Young have no ring ...
... Castle Connal Bay . The estuary of the Awe . " The Foord at the fit o ' the Loch " • 45 ROCK AND RIVER OUSELS . Rock ousels gregarious in autumn . - Feed on fruit . - Hatch in low bushes on lonely waste ground . - Young have no ring ...
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... Castle Rock of Edinburgh . - The short - eared owl Page 83 WILD PIGEONS . The cushat or wood - pigeon . - Spring habits . - Winter flocks . - A white ring - dove . The stranger . - Wild pigeon or stock - dove.- Not the stocker of the ...
... Castle Rock of Edinburgh . - The short - eared owl Page 83 WILD PIGEONS . The cushat or wood - pigeon . - Spring habits . - Winter flocks . - A white ring - dove . The stranger . - Wild pigeon or stock - dove.- Not the stocker of the ...
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... Castle - or I don't recollect what . Upon landing at Inverary my trolling - rods were missing , and no " satisfaction " to be had , as my officious friend was safe on the opposite shore , and my poor rods lying within tide - water mark ...
... Castle - or I don't recollect what . Upon landing at Inverary my trolling - rods were missing , and no " satisfaction " to be had , as my officious friend was safe on the opposite shore , and my poor rods lying within tide - water mark ...
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... Castle Connal , eight miles down the loch , built , as Sandy says , by the Danes , but were obliged to defer it till next day . The bay which this castle commands is a famous resort of the largest size of the ferox . When we fish it ...
... Castle Connal , eight miles down the loch , built , as Sandy says , by the Danes , but were obliged to defer it till next day . The bay which this castle commands is a famous resort of the largest size of the ferox . When we fish it ...
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