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For the first time I felt a slight misgiving , lest the shot might be crank and difficult , when the bird flew out of such a rugged mass . What if I should miss ! However , I banished these craven thoughts , and marched on merrily as ...
For the first time I felt a slight misgiving , lest the shot might be crank and difficult , when the bird flew out of such a rugged mass . What if I should miss ! However , I banished these craven thoughts , and marched on merrily as ...
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She flew about , appearing quite unconcerned so long as I kept near this place ; but when I walked away , she always pitched down , making a great fuss , as much as to say , " Keep off my nest ...
She flew about , appearing quite unconcerned so long as I kept near this place ; but when I walked away , she always pitched down , making a great fuss , as much as to say , " Keep off my nest ...
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me at once through the water , rose to the surface , and flew away as with one and the same motion . Another winter , my notice was attracted by just such a ripple in a quiet stream , and again I detected the ousel at his secret meal .
me at once through the water , rose to the surface , and flew away as with one and the same motion . Another winter , my notice was attracted by just such a ripple in a quiet stream , and again I detected the ousel at his secret meal .
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In attempting to get a fair sitting shot , they saw me , as the ground was bare , and flew up at sixty yards . I did justice upon the polygamous chief by killing one of his ducks . Did not obtain another chance till near the end of the ...
In attempting to get a fair sitting shot , they saw me , as the ground was bare , and flew up at sixty yards . I did justice upon the polygamous chief by killing one of his ducks . Did not obtain another chance till near the end of the ...
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4 flew all about the sitting bird , but she did not seem hit ; the other fell dead , to Dick's delight . Proceeding a little further , we were encouraged by a distant view of the dun - birds busily at work in Camstraddan Bay .
4 flew all about the sitting bird , but she did not seem hit ; the other fell dead , to Dick's delight . Proceeding a little further , we were encouraged by a distant view of the dun - birds busily at work in Camstraddan Bay .
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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,