Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... of genius . - Stately rivers . - Highland salmon streams . - Rivers in flood . - When fallen low . - General directions as to the size and colour of the fly to suit the different states of Page 1 Page the water . — Trolling with par . —
... of genius . - Stately rivers . - Highland salmon streams . - Rivers in flood . - When fallen low . - General directions as to the size and colour of the fly to suit the different states of Page 1 Page the water . — Trolling with par . —
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... coloured water ouzel . - Sing in hard frost · 57 LENNIE BURN . Its romantic beauty and waterfall . - Burn trout . - Offshoot from the burn . - Frogs . - Imprisoned trout and eels . - Their gaol habits 61 · THE PEAT ISLAND . Its ...
... coloured water ouzel . - Sing in hard frost · 57 LENNIE BURN . Its romantic beauty and waterfall . - Burn trout . - Offshoot from the burn . - Frogs . - Imprisoned trout and eels . - Their gaol habits 61 · THE PEAT ISLAND . Its ...
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... colour.- Arts of ground - hatching birds to decoy from their young . — The Royston crow . - Eagle's love to her young . — A pattern to step- mothers . Large autumnal dragon - fly . - Stories about the nightingale and other small birds ...
... colour.- Arts of ground - hatching birds to decoy from their young . — The Royston crow . - Eagle's love to her young . — A pattern to step- mothers . Large autumnal dragon - fly . - Stories about the nightingale and other small birds ...
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... coloured moss beyond . " That's the place , " whispered Peter . Back we ducked again , over the same ground , and , crawl- ing along the ridge , evaded the ravine . The critical mo- ment of failure or success was now arrived . With my ...
... coloured moss beyond . " That's the place , " whispered Peter . Back we ducked again , over the same ground , and , crawl- ing along the ridge , evaded the ravine . The critical mo- ment of failure or success was now arrived . With my ...
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... colour of a boiled onion , and his athletic arm is paralytic and weak as a child's . I might have had far abler men at the oar , and as knowing about the haunts of the fish ; but whenever I troll Loch Awe , none but that poor , ragged ...
... colour of a boiled onion , and his athletic arm is paralytic and weak as a child's . I might have had far abler men at the oar , and as knowing about the haunts of the fish ; but whenever I troll Loch Awe , none but that poor , ragged ...
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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 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
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,