Rocks and Rivers: Or Highland Wanderings Over Crag and Correi, "flood and Fell.".John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... summer visitors . - Win- ter or the season . - Crowded with company at that time . - The Castle of Galbraith . - Eight days ' duck - stalking during the gay season 66 OWLS . " The Hoolet " no favourite with the vi TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... summer visitors . - Win- ter or the season . - Crowded with company at that time . - The Castle of Galbraith . - Eight days ' duck - stalking during the gay season 66 OWLS . " The Hoolet " no favourite with the vi TABLE OF CONTENTS .
Page vii
... favourite with the common people . - Curious habits of two tame ivy owls . - Tame white owls . - They occa- sionally hoot . - Less nocturnal than the brown . - The long - eared owl . - Builds in the Castle Rock of Edinburgh . - The ...
... favourite with the common people . - Curious habits of two tame ivy owls . - Tame white owls . - They occa- sionally hoot . - Less nocturnal than the brown . - The long - eared owl . - Builds in the Castle Rock of Edinburgh . - The ...
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... favourite , however , is the wild and lonely mountain , with its crags , its bare heath , its solitary moor - loch , and above all the eyrie of The white - tailed eagle , or erne , not unfrequently hatches on the overhanging rocks of ...
... favourite , however , is the wild and lonely mountain , with its crags , its bare heath , its solitary moor - loch , and above all the eyrie of The white - tailed eagle , or erne , not unfrequently hatches on the overhanging rocks of ...
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... favourite hunting - ground . There was the mountain for the nobler bird , and the morass for her more vulture - shaped neighbour . They sometimes , however , had a battle in the air , but the looser form , the heavier movement , and the ...
... favourite hunting - ground . There was the mountain for the nobler bird , and the morass for her more vulture - shaped neighbour . They sometimes , however , had a battle in the air , but the looser form , the heavier movement , and the ...
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... favourite haunts . I had also put up two trolling - rods in compliment to the salmo - feroxes of Loch Awe . We left the Bromie - law at seven o'clock on a fresh sunny morning , and paddled merrily down the Clyde . The fat rosy steward ...
... favourite haunts . I had also put up two trolling - rods in compliment to the salmo - feroxes of Loch Awe . We left the Bromie - law at seven o'clock on a fresh sunny morning , and paddled merrily down the Clyde . The fat rosy steward ...
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Alpine hare angler appeared bait bank barn owl bird boat cast Castle chance Cladich colour Crap-na-Gower deer distance diving ducks dun-birds eagle eggs eyrie favourite feed fish flew flies flock foot forest frequent frost gamekeeper ground grouse gulls hatched head heard HERMANN MELVILLE Highland hill hook Inch Moan Inverary island keeper killed Kilmun land legs Loch Awe Loch Goil Loch Lomond Loch Long look miles moors morning nearly nest never night numbers once otter pair perched Peter pheasants poacher pool poor pounds prey ring-dove river rock rose Rossarden salmon Sandy scarcely sea-trout seen seized seldom shallow shoot shore shot side snipe sometimes soon sport spring stalking stoat stream summer tawny owl took tree trolling trout walk watched watchers weather white owl wigeon wind wing winter woodcock yards young