Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... mile long by half a mile broad , called in Gaelic , Lochan Nahachalach ; and a little to the east , con- nected by a rocky brook , is Loch Bah ( the Drowning Loch ) , about three miles long by a mile broad . The shores of these lochs ...
... mile long by half a mile broad , called in Gaelic , Lochan Nahachalach ; and a little to the east , con- nected by a rocky brook , is Loch Bah ( the Drowning Loch ) , about three miles long by a mile broad . The shores of these lochs ...
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... miles and back again in a day , with the mail - bag slung at his back . The first time one of these primitive posts was dignified with a little gig equipage , he came in late , and made excuse that " he was ' tagled wi ' a gig ! " Of ...
... miles and back again in a day , with the mail - bag slung at his back . The first time one of these primitive posts was dignified with a little gig equipage , he came in late , and made excuse that " he was ' tagled wi ' a gig ! " Of ...
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... miles we walked along the road which intersects the lower end of the forest , when Peter suddenly turned into its ... mile from our rocks , B 3 A PLEA FOR THE WASTES . 9.
... miles we walked along the road which intersects the lower end of the forest , when Peter suddenly turned into its ... mile from our rocks , B 3 A PLEA FOR THE WASTES . 9.
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John Colquhoun. We were still a long mile from our rocks , when a dark bird rose in the midst of them , and winged his way to the opposite mountain . Was he a buzzard ? No , small as he appears , that determined flight , and free flap of ...
John Colquhoun. We were still a long mile from our rocks , when a dark bird rose in the midst of them , and winged his way to the opposite mountain . Was he a buzzard ? No , small as he appears , that determined flight , and free flap of ...
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... miles down the loch , built , as Sandy says , by the Danes , but were obliged to defer it till next day . The bay which this castle commands is a famous resort of the largest size of the ferox . When we fish it , Sandy always tells a ...
... miles down the loch , built , as Sandy says , by the Danes , but were obliged to defer it till next day . The bay which this castle commands is a famous resort of the largest size of the ferox . When we fish it , Sandy always tells a ...
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Page 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
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,