The Moor and the Loch: Containing Minute Instructions in All Highland Sports, Volume 2W. Blackwood, 1880 |
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Page 492 - Welcome, right welcome, Christopher North ; we cordially greet thee in thy new dress, thou genial and hearty old man , whose ' Ambrosian nights ' have so often in imagination transported us from solitude to the social circle, and whose vivid pictures of flood and fell, of loch and glen, have carried us in thought from the smoke, din, and pent-up opulence of London, to the rushing stream, or tranquil tarn, or those mountain ranges,
Page 492 - Book of the Landed Estate. Containing Directions for the Management and Development of the Resources of Landed Property. By ROBERT C.
Page 492 - Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers ' — a volume of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet. Full of the true fire, it now stirs and swells like a trumpet-note — now sinks in cadences sad and wild as the wail of a Highland dirge.
Page 302 - Immediately, a vindictive plunge revealed both his power and will to use it, by breaking free from so fragile a chain. To my dismay, I now saw that my son had chosen, by mistake, the lightest reel line in my possession, only intended for sea-trout or grilse, in the clearest water of July ! Its length, however, was 100 yards; and having perfect confidence in the skill of the fisherman, I resolved not to flurry him with a warning, but to wait in patience until the prize was either lost or won. The...
Page 303 - ... current. At this crisis the fish was turned by wary coaxing, and brought cautiously down to the deep water where he had been hooked. A new danger was here threatened, for the eddy tree appeared provokingly near, and it was likely the huge fish might strike across the river, twisting the line round its branches. Again he was foiled by the coolness of his tormentor, and the up-stream march was resumed.
Page 356 - This done, he ensconced himself in the chimney-corner, threw on a fresh log, and read as follows: " 'In most of the small Highland burns, there is a succession of cataracts and pools, with a parapet of rock rising perpendicularly on each side, and often scarcely footing enough for a dog to pass. The greater proportion of picturesque-looking brethren of the angle would almost start at the idea of continuing their pastime under such disadvantages. They therefore make a circuit, and come down again...
Page 358 - ... another expectant. The best plan is, if possible, to persuade it to descend into the pool below. Having deposited the half-pounder in your creel, you will now crawl upon hands and knees, just so near the top of the lyn as will enable you to drop the bait immediately below the bubbling foam, nearly as favorite a station for an overgrown, monopolizing trout as the other.
Page 492 - HANDY HORSE-BOOK ; or, Practical Instructions in Riding, Driving, and the General Care and Management of Horses. By 'MAGENTA.
Page 357 - ... to see you, and slink into their hiding-place. The burn, however, must always be low, as at no other time can you distinguish the snug retreat of these little tyrants, which indeed they often leave, during the slightest flood, in search of prey. By fishing up the stream, your head will be on...
Page 46 - ... the nest. But I was out in my reckoning ; as soon as it had tolerably reassured itself, it rose perpendicularly in the air and came down upon its nest like a stone. The manner in which I was concealed prevented my getting a flying shot ; so nothing remained but to fire through the nest, which proved a sufficient defence, as the kite flew away and never returned.