Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... land of Catarans , she , like the great chieftainess , cast herself freely , fully , upon the un- bought devotion of her clans . Perhaps I feel too strongly on this subject , and I know I am open to the remark that feudalism implies ...
... land of Catarans , she , like the great chieftainess , cast herself freely , fully , upon the un- bought devotion of her clans . Perhaps I feel too strongly on this subject , and I know I am open to the remark that feudalism implies ...
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... 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 moun- tain ! However , upon thinking ...
... 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 moun- tain ! However , upon thinking ...
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... land of Glenfinert , its emerald lawn , and rampart of brown hill and tangled wood , we struck into the bleak Loch Goil . A short time brought us alongside of its primitive quay , where we deposited ourselves and luggage in the mongrel ...
... land of Glenfinert , its emerald lawn , and rampart of brown hill and tangled wood , we struck into the bleak Loch Goil . A short time brought us alongside of its primitive quay , where we deposited ourselves and luggage in the mongrel ...
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... land- lord at Inveruran slily peeping round the corner , anxious to discover whether we had returned empty - handed . My appetite also warns me that it is past nine ; so , having appeased it by a subsoil of " ' halesome parritch , " and ...
... land- lord at Inveruran slily peeping round the corner , anxious to discover whether we had returned empty - handed . My appetite also warns me that it is past nine ; so , having appeased it by a subsoil of " ' halesome parritch , " and ...
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... land him there . The beach was very shallow , and , in spite of my remonstrances , Sandy walked up to his knees in water , and drew the cobble ashore . I was now on terra firma , but my fish was by no means done up yet . Every time that ...
... land him there . The beach was very shallow , and , in spite of my remonstrances , Sandy walked up to his knees in water , and drew the cobble ashore . I was now on terra firma , but my fish was by no means done up yet . Every time that ...
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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,