Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... Loch Lomond . Their evening flight . - Mire Snipes . --Jacks • 142 A SPRING WEEK IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS . Drive from the Holy Loch to Loch Eck . - A Jolly hermit . - Dal- mally . Salmon fishing at the falls of the Urchay . A gowk's ...
... Loch Lomond . Their evening flight . - Mire Snipes . --Jacks • 142 A SPRING WEEK IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS . Drive from the Holy Loch to Loch Eck . - A Jolly hermit . - Dal- mally . Salmon fishing at the falls of the Urchay . A gowk's ...
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... Loch Lomond ? " His own genius anticipated the reply : " Ah ! by tumbling Ben Lomond into it , I thuppothe ! Now , how many acres of good land would you gain ? " Well , thought I , this is improvement with a vengeance , and I should ...
... Loch Lomond ? " His own genius anticipated the reply : " Ah ! by tumbling Ben Lomond into it , I thuppothe ! Now , how many acres of good land would you gain ? " Well , thought I , this is improvement with a vengeance , and I should ...
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... Loch- Lomond sage , it might , perhaps , account for one of the three wonders ascribed to that water , viz .: Fish without fins , waves without wind , and a floating island . H THE PEAT ISLAND . A SQUARE flat island on LENNIE BURN . 65.
... Loch- Lomond sage , it might , perhaps , account for one of the three wonders ascribed to that water , viz .: Fish without fins , waves without wind , and a floating island . H THE PEAT ISLAND . A SQUARE flat island on LENNIE BURN . 65.
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John Colquhoun. H THE PEAT ISLAND . A SQUARE flat island on Loch Lomond , called Inch Moan , but familiarly known as the Peat Island , ( from the people of Luss having liberty to cast peats there , ) is a favourite resort of every kind ...
John Colquhoun. H THE PEAT ISLAND . A SQUARE flat island on Loch Lomond , called Inch Moan , but familiarly known as the Peat Island , ( from the people of Luss having liberty to cast peats there , ) is a favourite resort of every kind ...
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... , especially those in the neighbour- hood of large towns ; that is , poach in company , have no pleasure in the sport , and care only for the profit . The deer on the islands of Loch Lomond were sometimes poached 102 THE HILL POACHER .
... , especially those in the neighbour- hood of large towns ; that is , poach in company , have no pleasure in the sport , and care only for the profit . The deer on the islands of Loch Lomond were sometimes poached 102 THE HILL POACHER .
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Page i - THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d. SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS: Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of * The Moor and the Loch,