Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... called up so good an appetite for dinner . After having satisfied his craving , he abruptly broke out , " Would it be pothible to fill up Loch Lomond ? " His own genius anticipated the reply : " Ah ! by tumbling Ben Lomond into it , I ...
... called up so good an appetite for dinner . After having satisfied his craving , he abruptly broke out , " Would it be pothible to fill up Loch Lomond ? " His own genius anticipated the reply : " Ah ! by tumbling Ben Lomond into it , I ...
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... 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 shores they may be called ...
... 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 shores they may be called ...
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... called Corrach- Bah , a very favourite resort of the golden eagle . The correis which intersect them afford the richest pas- ture for the deer ; and the hill - fox , the wild - cat , and the marten are not yet banished from those ...
... called Corrach- Bah , a very favourite resort of the golden eagle . The correis which intersect them afford the richest pas- ture for the deer ; and the hill - fox , the wild - cat , and the marten are not yet banished from those ...
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... called me back to my boyish days . The " brock - holes " in the oak wood - the traps my brothers and I had pur- loined from the old keeper , who preferred killing vermin by the lazy method of the gun - my delight when I de- tected the ...
... called me back to my boyish days . The " brock - holes " in the oak wood - the traps my brothers and I had pur- loined from the old keeper , who preferred killing vermin by the lazy method of the gun - my delight when I de- tected the ...
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... called the deer - stalking of the streams . As in the first sight of the herd there is more excitement , and more satisfaction when you bring down the stag than any other game , so in salmon - fishing , compared with all other kinds ...
... called the deer - stalking of the streams . As in the first sight of the herd there is more excitement , and more satisfaction when you bring down the stag than any other game , so in salmon - fishing , compared with all other kinds ...
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Alpine hare angler appeared bait bank barn owl bird boat cast Castle chance Cladich colour Crap-na-Gower deer distance diving ducks dun-birds eagle eggs eyrie favourite feed fish flew flies flock foot forest frequent frost gamekeeper ground grouse gulls hatched head heard Highland hill hook Inch Moan Inverary island keeper killed Kilmun land legs Loch Awe Loch Goil Loch Lomond Loch Long look mallard miles moors morillon morning nearly nest never night numbers once otter pair perched Peter pheasants poacher pool poor pounds prey ring-dove river rock rose Rossarden salmon Sandy scarcely sea-trout seen seized seldom shallow shoot shore shot side snipe sometimes soon sport spring stalking stoat stream summer tawny owl took tree trolling trout walk watched watchers weather white owl wigeon wind wing winter woodcock yards young
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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,