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Our Queen better knew her northern people , when , upon her first memorable visit to this land of Catarans , she , like the great chieftainess , cast herself freely , fully , upon the unbought devotion of her clans .
Our Queen better knew her northern people , when , upon her first memorable visit to this land of Catarans , she , like the great chieftainess , cast herself freely , fully , upon the unbought devotion of her clans .
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Now , how many acres of good land would you gain ? " Well , thought I , this is improvement with a vengeance , and I should , with great pleasure , have pitched in his little fat body , by way of a sleeping partner to the doomed ...
Now , how many acres of good land would you gain ? " Well , thought I , this is improvement with a vengeance , and I should , with great pleasure , have pitched in his little fat body , by way of a sleeping partner to the doomed ...
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By the time we had discussed them , we were coasting the shingly beach of Loch Long ; and having touched at Arden Tinny , and viewed the fairy land of Glenfinert , its emerald lawn , and rampart of brown hill and tangled wood ...
By the time we had discussed them , we were coasting the shingly beach of Loch Long ; and having touched at Arden Tinny , and viewed the fairy land of Glenfinert , its emerald lawn , and rampart of brown hill and tangled wood ...
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He now began really to fail , and I felt I could lead him , so , directing Sandy to a shingly part of the shore , where there were no rocks , I determined to land him there . The beach was very shallow , and , in spite of my ...
He now began really to fail , and I felt I could lead him , so , directing Sandy to a shingly part of the shore , where there were no rocks , I determined to land him there . The beach was very shallow , and , in spite of my ...
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In about twenty minutes I had him extended on the grey shingle , half on land , half in water , when his hold broke . I rushed down , but had the mortification to see him waddle into the deeps again . With my crest a little lowered ...
In about twenty minutes I had him extended on the grey shingle , half on land , half in water , when his hold broke . I rushed down , but had the mortification to see him waddle into the deeps again . With my crest a little lowered ...
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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,