Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... passed without my enjoying either a marine or mountain treat , sometimes both , and the pleasure has then been heightened by contrast . A slight sketch of one of these later excursions may perhaps be admissible here . In the recesses of ...
... passed without my enjoying either a marine or mountain treat , sometimes both , and the pleasure has then been heightened by contrast . A slight sketch of one of these later excursions may perhaps be admissible here . In the recesses of ...
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... passed the banks of the loch , roe - deer were quietly cropping the greensward which sloped to the water's edge , and now and then a fine * Generally a stout hale carle , of middle age , who walks from ten to fifteen miles and back ...
... passed the banks of the loch , roe - deer were quietly cropping the greensward which sloped to the water's edge , and now and then a fine * Generally a stout hale carle , of middle age , who walks from ten to fifteen miles and back ...
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... passed the eaglet to the first man , who , in like manner , gave it safely to him at the top . But , he having most likely given it a nervous twitch , it seized him fiercely . Down he fell on his back , dread of toppling over into the ...
... passed the eaglet to the first man , who , in like manner , gave it safely to him at the top . But , he having most likely given it a nervous twitch , it seized him fiercely . Down he fell on his back , dread of toppling over into the ...
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John Colquhoun. Another ten minutes ' He rose a third time , passed on to the pool the most propitious day for the fly , and the following successful results of the practice occurred the summer before last . There are four pools at the ...
John Colquhoun. Another ten minutes ' He rose a third time , passed on to the pool the most propitious day for the fly , and the following successful results of the practice occurred the summer before last . There are four pools at the ...
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... ' place for wild cats . I heard them answering ither wi ' sic screighs , ae nicht whan I passed late , I thoucht I wad hae been frichtened oot o ' ma joodgment . " " And what did you do D 2 " IT'S A FAR CRY TO LOCH OW . " 51.
... ' place for wild cats . I heard them answering ither wi ' sic screighs , ae nicht whan I passed late , I thoucht I wad hae been frichtened oot o ' ma joodgment . " " And what did you do D 2 " IT'S A FAR CRY TO LOCH OW . " 51.
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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,