Rocks and Rivers: Or Highland Wanderings Over Crag and Correi, "flood and Fell.".John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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Page 38
... prey . In river- angling a large hook should be used , and a mixture of dew - worms and the small - red , or the brandling if it can be procured . The bait should be massy , nearly as thick as your little finger . This is accomplished ...
... prey . In river- angling a large hook should be used , and a mixture of dew - worms and the small - red , or the brandling if it can be procured . The bait should be massy , nearly as thick as your little finger . This is accomplished ...
Page 44
... prey . Nothing daunted , I mended my rod with a bit of twine , and killed five more fine trout . I question if , either day , I should have had better sport , had no accident occurred . " IT'S A FAR CRY TO LOCH OW . " 44 .SALMON ANGLING .
... prey . Nothing daunted , I mended my rod with a bit of twine , and killed five more fine trout . I question if , either day , I should have had better sport , had no accident occurred . " IT'S A FAR CRY TO LOCH OW . " 44 .SALMON ANGLING .
Page 66
... prey upon the wild fowl , and so voracious is it at this time , that my father's gamekeeper had his water dog nearly drowned by one of them when retrieving a wild duck . He managed , how- ever , to shoot the erne , the talons of which ...
... prey upon the wild fowl , and so voracious is it at this time , that my father's gamekeeper had his water dog nearly drowned by one of them when retrieving a wild duck . He managed , how- ever , to shoot the erne , the talons of which ...
Page 84
... hanging down , ready to seize the moment it came to the ground , appeared rapidly to alight on its prey . The ways of the brown owl are different . It does not appear to hunt on the wing , but , perched on the top of 84 OWLS .
... hanging down , ready to seize the moment it came to the ground , appeared rapidly to alight on its prey . The ways of the brown owl are different . It does not appear to hunt on the wing , but , perched on the top of 84 OWLS .
Page 85
... prey . The grotesquely large head of this bird , which also implies large eyes and ears , are no doubt wise provisions to enable it to see and hear acutely in the darkness from such a height . An instance of the very quick ear of the ...
... prey . The grotesquely large head of this bird , which also implies large eyes and ears , are no doubt wise provisions to enable it to see and hear acutely in the darkness from such a height . An instance of the very quick ear of the ...
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