Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... look down . — A ponderous son of Vulcan floored . - A pithy smuggler . — Cliff- men . - Old Jack . - Canty Bay 94 101 116 120 CRAP - NA - GOWER . The bearded chief . - Naval expedition against his territories .-- Chief and his henchman ...
... look down . — A ponderous son of Vulcan floored . - A pithy smuggler . — Cliff- men . - Old Jack . - Canty Bay 94 101 116 120 CRAP - NA - GOWER . The bearded chief . - Naval expedition against his territories .-- Chief and his henchman ...
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... they new - fangled nonsense , ” and then his health , for want of exercise . He is only an instance among many who have been ruined by cutting a dash . buck would raise his head and look listlessly over his 8 CORRACH - BAH ; OR ,
... they new - fangled nonsense , ” and then his health , for want of exercise . He is only an instance among many who have been ruined by cutting a dash . buck would raise his head and look listlessly over his 8 CORRACH - BAH ; OR ,
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John Colquhoun. buck would raise his head and look listlessly over his shoulder , as if wondering what business we had to be so soon astir . The black - cock , surrounded by his hens , was crooning his antics on the tops of the knolls ...
John Colquhoun. buck would raise his head and look listlessly over his shoulder , as if wondering what business we had to be so soon astir . The black - cock , surrounded by his hens , was crooning his antics on the tops of the knolls ...
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... Look , sir , to the side o ' yon bushes in the face o ' the craig . " " Twas easy enough to see them , they seemed " moored " not " in the rifted " but solid " rock . " When I at length detected the eyrie , it appeared no bigger than a ...
... Look , sir , to the side o ' yon bushes in the face o ' the craig . " " Twas easy enough to see them , they seemed " moored " not " in the rifted " but solid " rock . " When I at length detected the eyrie , it appeared no bigger than a ...
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... look for the eyrie among all that fantastic chaos of rocks . Beckoning me to advance , he showed the outer sticks of the nest , and pointed to a rock close to us , where lay a grouse nearly de- voured , and a ptarmigan beautifully ...
... look for the eyrie among all that fantastic chaos of rocks . Beckoning me to advance , he showed the outer sticks of the nest , and pointed to a rock close to us , where lay a grouse nearly de- voured , and a ptarmigan beautifully ...
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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,