Rocks and Rivers: Or Highland Wanderings Over Crag and Correi, "flood and Fell.".John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... rose in the midst of them , and winged his way to the opposite mountain . Was he a buzzard ? No , small as he appears , that determined flight , and free flap of the wing , can belong to no bird but the eagle . Peter looked carelessly ...
... rose in the midst of them , and winged his way to the opposite mountain . Was he a buzzard ? No , small as he appears , that determined flight , and free flap of the wing , can belong to no bird but the eagle . Peter looked carelessly ...
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... rose fresh be- fore me , as in those sunny mornings of life's early spring . My brothers and I had been brought up in the country , and were hunters from our childhood . Our couple of terriers were game as flint , and yet they were ...
... rose fresh be- fore me , as in those sunny mornings of life's early spring . My brothers and I had been brought up in the country , and were hunters from our childhood . Our couple of terriers were game as flint , and yet they were ...
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... rose a salmon in the bottom pool , at the first throw , gave him a rest , and rose him again . Another ten minutes ' rest , while I put on a smaller fly . He rose a third time , but not wishing to disgust him , I passed on to the ...
... rose a salmon in the bottom pool , at the first throw , gave him a rest , and rose him again . Another ten minutes ' rest , while I put on a smaller fly . He rose a third time , but not wishing to disgust him , I passed on to the ...
Page 42
... rose a grilse with a small sea- trout fly . He , of course , gave him a rest , and tried him with a larger , to no effect ; went back to the small one , and again rose him . He then put on , in succession , a worm , a par , and a minnow ...
... rose a grilse with a small sea- trout fly . He , of course , gave him a rest , and tried him with a larger , to no effect ; went back to the small one , and again rose him . He then put on , in succession , a worm , a par , and a minnow ...
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... rose , and was fixed , just under a perpendicular bank . Not being able to land the fish without throwing back my rod too far , I snapped the top , though I secured my prey . Nothing daunted , I mended my rod with a bit of twine , and ...
... rose , and was fixed , just under a perpendicular bank . Not being able to land the fish without throwing back my rod too far , I snapped the top , though I secured my prey . Nothing daunted , I mended my rod with a bit of twine , and ...
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