Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... long intervals of brilliant sunshine : the lights and shadows upon the opposite mountains seemed formed to call up ... Loch Lomond ? " His own genius anticipated the reply : " Ah ! by tumbling Ben Lomond into it , I thuppothe ! Now ...
... long intervals of brilliant sunshine : the lights and shadows upon the opposite mountains seemed formed to call up ... Loch Lomond ? " His own genius anticipated the reply : " Ah ! by tumbling Ben Lomond into it , I thuppothe ! Now ...
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... long by half a mile broad , called in Gaelic , Lochan Nahachalach ; and a little to the east , con- nected by a rocky brook , is Loch Bah ( the Drowning Loch ) , about three miles long by a mile broad . The shores of these lochs , if ...
... long by half a mile broad , called in Gaelic , Lochan Nahachalach ; and a little to the east , con- nected by a rocky brook , is Loch Bah ( the Drowning Loch ) , about three miles long by a mile broad . The shores of these lochs , if ...
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... Loch Long ; and having touched at Arden Tinny , and viewed the fairy land of Glenfinert , its emerald lawn , and rampart of brown hill and tangled wood , we struck into the bleak Loch Goil . A short time brought us alongside of its ...
... Loch Long ; and having touched at Arden Tinny , and viewed the fairy land of Glenfinert , its emerald lawn , and rampart of brown hill and tangled wood , we struck into the bleak Loch Goil . A short time brought us alongside of its ...
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... long , rugged , but enjoyable drive , partly along the banks of Loch Awe , where the cuckoo was heard in every dell , or seen poising himself upon some still leafless patriarchal thorn , and partly through the environs of the forest , I ...
... long , rugged , but enjoyable drive , partly along the banks of Loch Awe , where the cuckoo was heard in every dell , or seen poising himself upon some still leafless patriarchal thorn , and partly through the environs of the forest , I ...
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... Loch Awe , none but that poor , ragged , woe - begone old man shall com- mand my boat so long as he is able to do it . Having satisfied myself that the " cobbles " were not more leaky than they generally are , I returned to the inn ...
... Loch Awe , none but that poor , ragged , woe - begone old man shall com- mand my boat so long as he is able to do it . Having satisfied myself that the " cobbles " were not more leaky than they generally are , I returned to the inn ...
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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,