Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... Baits suitable for both moods of the water . - Five days ' trolling on Loch Awe . - King Alexander's hunting ground.— The black knight of Loch Ow . - Ben Cruachan wild cats . - Castle Connal Bay . The estuary of the Awe . " The Foord at ...
... Baits suitable for both moods of the water . - Five days ' trolling on Loch Awe . - King Alexander's hunting ground.— The black knight of Loch Ow . - Ben Cruachan wild cats . - Castle Connal Bay . The estuary of the Awe . " The Foord at ...
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... bait by Robertson . As they were not seriously injured , he wished to bring them home alive . This would have been an impossibility to most people , as there is but one way of carrying them with any degree of safety it is by placing the ...
... bait by Robertson . As they were not seriously injured , he wished to bring them home alive . This would have been an impossibility to most people , as there is but one way of carrying them with any degree of safety it is by placing the ...
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... bait , and a little basket of provi- sions ; and I my duck - gun loaded with No. 6 for the dotterels . Poor little fellows ! They looked so pretty that it was a shame to fire at them . But as I had no specimen in my collection , I could ...
... bait , and a little basket of provi- sions ; and I my duck - gun loaded with No. 6 for the dotterels . Poor little fellows ! They looked so pretty that it was a shame to fire at them . But as I had no specimen in my collection , I could ...
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... bait , provisions , and pea - jacket , were making for Port Sonachan Quay , where I had directed them to meet me . The morning was colder , the wind had changed I from west to east , " a bad airt A PLEA FOR THE WASTES . 17.
... bait , provisions , and pea - jacket , were making for Port Sonachan Quay , where I had directed them to meet me . The morning was colder , the wind had changed I from west to east , " a bad airt A PLEA FOR THE WASTES . 17.
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... baits towing behind . " No a rug , " as Sandy repeatedly said ; but he endeavoured , poor fellow , to keep up our spirits by telling a tale of every wood , hill , or rock we crept slowly past . " There's the badger's rock , sir ; he has ...
... baits towing behind . " No a rug , " as Sandy repeatedly said ; but he endeavoured , poor fellow , to keep up our spirits by telling a tale of every wood , hill , or rock we crept slowly past . " There's the badger's rock , sir ; he has ...
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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,