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Adders . - Norway rats.— Stoats . Weasels . - White Pheasants . - White Deer . - Stalking Alpine hares . - The Nightjar . • 142 148 163 170 00 We steer The etcet and hard Thr mer wast wha have the ༔ ཡྻུ . deep is d Pa ROCKS AND RIVERS .
Adders . - Norway rats.— Stoats . Weasels . - White Pheasants . - White Deer . - Stalking Alpine hares . - The Nightjar . • 142 148 163 170 00 We steer The etcet and hard Thr mer wast wha have the ༔ ཡྻུ . deep is d Pa ROCKS AND RIVERS .
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In the deep rocky parts of the river , especially at the beginning of the season , put on your largest fly , trying a smaller should you not get a rise . In the rapid Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be ...
In the deep rocky parts of the river , especially at the beginning of the season , put on your largest fly , trying a smaller should you not get a rise . In the rapid Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be ...
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In The salmon almost always keep the channel * or deep parts of a river ; so , if it is fordable , you will often have to change from one side to the other , as the heaviest stream alters its course . In small waters this is not ...
In The salmon almost always keep the channel * or deep parts of a river ; so , if it is fordable , you will often have to change from one side to the other , as the heaviest stream alters its course . In small waters this is not ...
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About forty yards below , a tree that jutted over a deep part of the river prevented my leading him down stream , so he had every advantage , and I must say seemed inclined to take it . Sometimes he would sulk , and when with great ...
About forty yards below , a tree that jutted over a deep part of the river prevented my leading him down stream , so he had every advantage , and I must say seemed inclined to take it . Sometimes he would sulk , and when with great ...
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On the other hand , a shepherd lad was looking dreamily over the Brig of Turk , upon the large deep hole below , overhanging which the martins had formed a colony in the sand - bank , when one of the young martins fell out of the nest ...
On the other hand , a shepherd lad was looking dreamily over the Brig of Turk , upon the large deep hole below , overhanging which the martins had formed a colony in the sand - bank , when one of the young martins fell out of the nest ...
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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,