Rocks and Rivers: Or Highland Wanderings Over Crag and Correi, "flood and Fell.".John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... birds , and got useful hints for future operations . be seen A short distance from the shore , perhaps , may a flock ... dun - birds on a lee shore . I have seen as much as a cart - load drifted on not more than fifty yards of ...
... birds , and got useful hints for future operations . be seen A short distance from the shore , perhaps , may a flock ... dun - birds on a lee shore . I have seen as much as a cart - load drifted on not more than fifty yards of ...
Page 72
... dun - birds , tufts , scaups , and morillons . The third range comprehends the islands , viz .: Inch Moan , which I have just described , Inch Tavannach , and Inch Con- nachan . The narrow passage between these islands , called the ...
... dun - birds , tufts , scaups , and morillons . The third range comprehends the islands , viz .: Inch Moan , which I have just described , Inch Tavannach , and Inch Con- nachan . The narrow passage between these islands , called the ...
Page 73
... dun - birds , morillons , & c . , diving and feeding together , on the Inch Tavannach side of the straits . Saw it would be a most difficult stalk , and , from the nature of the ground , that I could only get a flying right and left ...
... dun - birds , morillons , & c . , diving and feeding together , on the Inch Tavannach side of the straits . Saw it would be a most difficult stalk , and , from the nature of the ground , that I could only get a flying right and left ...
Page 74
... dun - birds were feeding in circles of from twenty to thirty yards in circumference . They were now at the furthest ... dun - bird to two discharges . When it is borne in mind that my charge did not exceed an ounce and three ...
... dun - birds were feeding in circles of from twenty to thirty yards in circumference . They were now at the furthest ... dun - bird to two discharges . When it is borne in mind that my charge did not exceed an ounce and three ...
Page 76
... dun - birds sailed into Rossdhu Bay , the first that had appeared there since the winter began . The keeper . and I were soon on the qui vive . They were diving within a near shot , on the opposite side of the bay . When I succeeded in ...
... dun - birds sailed into Rossdhu Bay , the first that had appeared there since the winter began . The keeper . and I were soon on the qui vive . They were diving within a near shot , on the opposite side of the bay . When I succeeded in ...
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