Rocks and Rivers: Or Highland Wanderings Over Crag and Correi, "flood and Fell.".John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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Page viii
... — Adders . — Norway rats.— Stoats . - Weasels . - White Pheasants . - White Deer . - Stalking Alpine hares . - The Nightjar . · Page 142 148 • . 163 170 ROCKS AND RIVERS . CORRACH - BAH ; OR , viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... — Adders . — Norway rats.— Stoats . - Weasels . - White Pheasants . - White Deer . - Stalking Alpine hares . - The Nightjar . · Page 142 148 • . 163 170 ROCKS AND RIVERS . CORRACH - BAH ; OR , viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... pheasant tail for wing , red body , and gold tinsel , is also a choice fly for the grilse and salmon of that water . The salmon almost always keep the channel * or deep parts of a river ; so , if it is fordable , you will often have to ...
... pheasant tail for wing , red body , and gold tinsel , is also a choice fly for the grilse and salmon of that water . The salmon almost always keep the channel * or deep parts of a river ; so , if it is fordable , you will often have to ...
Page 101
... pheasant , who fears nothing but detection , and whose conscience would never sting him till on his death - bed ... pheasants at perch , or smoking them by means of brimstone , are so great , that the poachers traffic with the game ...
... pheasant , who fears nothing but detection , and whose conscience would never sting him till on his death - bed ... pheasants at perch , or smoking them by means of brimstone , are so great , that the poachers traffic with the game ...
Page 102
... pheasants at roost , within pistol - shot . This makes little noise , but , of course , they prefer making none . It is well known , when they do re- sort to this method , that , by beginning at the lowest bough , they may nearly clear ...
... pheasants at roost , within pistol - shot . This makes little noise , but , of course , they prefer making none . It is well known , when they do re- sort to this method , that , by beginning at the lowest bough , they may nearly clear ...
Page 104
... pheasants by day . At night , he sets snares for hares , and I am sorry to say that the English method of doing this in the middle of the fields has come into general use . He also shoots the pheasants at roost during moonlight , and ...
... pheasants by day . At night , he sets snares for hares , and I am sorry to say that the English method of doing this in the middle of the fields has come into general use . He also shoots the pheasants at roost during moonlight , and ...
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