Rocks and Rivers: Or Highland Wanderings Over Crag and Correi, "flood and Fell.".John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... pair consumes no inconsiderable number of red - deer calves as well as other game . But Lord Breadalbane has too much of the Highland heart to grudge this , or to wish , like some other proprietors , to extirpate our truly national bird ...
... pair consumes no inconsiderable number of red - deer calves as well as other game . But Lord Breadalbane has too much of the Highland heart to grudge this , or to wish , like some other proprietors , to extirpate our truly national bird ...
Page 44
... pair of scissors , I cut a couple of twigs , and spliced my rod , as clumsily as ever a country surgeon bungled a poor man's leg . With my maimed instrument I killed two fine salmon and several sea - trout . I had fished all the season ...
... pair of scissors , I cut a couple of twigs , and spliced my rod , as clumsily as ever a country surgeon bungled a poor man's leg . With my maimed instrument I killed two fine salmon and several sea - trout . I had fished all the season ...
Page 57
... pair may often be met with haunting ferny brakes with only a few scattered stones , upon which they delight to perch . When disturbed , they fly from stone to stone , uttering a very grating chirp , which seems to be a note of defiance ...
... pair may often be met with haunting ferny brakes with only a few scattered stones , upon which they delight to perch . When disturbed , they fly from stone to stone , uttering a very grating chirp , which seems to be a note of defiance ...
Page 59
... pairs , but in winter they often congregate in some favoured river , and may then be seen in great num- bers . They do not always select the places where fish are most abundant , as we should imagine from their living so much on the roe ...
... pairs , but in winter they often congregate in some favoured river , and may then be seen in great num- bers . They do not always select the places where fish are most abundant , as we should imagine from their living so much on the roe ...
Page 67
... lee shore . I have seen as much as a cart - load drifted on not more than fifty yards of coast . The wild duck sometimes feeds by diving , but this is only in spring , after pairing . The dives are THE PEAT ISLAND . 67.
... lee shore . I have seen as much as a cart - load drifted on not more than fifty yards of coast . The wild duck sometimes feeds by diving , but this is only in spring , after pairing . The dives are THE PEAT ISLAND . 67.
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