Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... otter's whistle . - Sea eagle's eyrie . - Large pike at Kilchurn . - Voracity of pike . Gourmand cod THE OTTER . Otter hounds . Terriers . Fowmarte a good substitute for an otter . - Trapping otters . - Seals . - Otter and young ones ...
... otter's whistle . - Sea eagle's eyrie . - Large pike at Kilchurn . - Voracity of pike . Gourmand cod THE OTTER . Otter hounds . Terriers . Fowmarte a good substitute for an otter . - Trapping otters . - Seals . - Otter and young ones ...
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... otter . Jagged points of rock continually obtrude themselves above the blue - grey water , and the eyrie of the sea - eagle fixed upon the top of an old birch , on a rugged heathery islet of Loch Bah , while another eyrie graces an aged ...
... otter . Jagged points of rock continually obtrude themselves above the blue - grey water , and the eyrie of the sea - eagle fixed upon the top of an old birch , on a rugged heathery islet of Loch Bah , while another eyrie graces an aged ...
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... otter , " quoth Peter , " I've heered them say he gi'es a whustle sometimes . " It was soon apparent that he had guessed right , for the " whustle " came next time from the loch , and a gentle break , followed by its circles , showed ...
... otter , " quoth Peter , " I've heered them say he gi'es a whustle sometimes . " It was soon apparent that he had guessed right , for the " whustle " came next time from the loch , and a gentle break , followed by its circles , showed ...
Page 162
... otter now has the whole of it to himself since the death of his rival ; and , although sel- dom seen or hunted , except when the Urchay is frozen over , there are few places where such numbers abound . THE OTTER . THIS eccentric ...
... otter now has the whole of it to himself since the death of his rival ; and , although sel- dom seen or hunted , except when the Urchay is frozen over , there are few places where such numbers abound . THE OTTER . THIS eccentric ...
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... otters are not so numerous , the fowmarte is often hunted instead with otter hounds . I was told by a subscriber to a Cumber- land otter pack , that they had once run a polecat twelve miles from the place where they found his cold drag ...
... otters are not so numerous , the fowmarte is often hunted instead with otter hounds . I was told by a subscriber to a Cumber- land otter pack , that they had once run a polecat twelve miles from the place where they found his cold drag ...
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