Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... pounds , shillings and pence view of the subject ; and , if I was fairly attacked upon that point , I should not stand half a chance in the argument . No doubt the country will be richer , the more it is cultivated ; but few Highlanders ...
... pounds , shillings and pence view of the subject ; and , if I was fairly attacked upon that point , I should not stand half a chance in the argument . No doubt the country will be richer , the more it is cultivated ; but few Highlanders ...
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... pounds . We had intended to troll to the bay of old Castle Connal , eight 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 ...
... pounds . We had intended to troll to the bay of old Castle Connal , eight 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 ...
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... pounds when brought home . This salmon did not make near so fierce a run as the Loch Awe trout with gimp . I have heard gentlemen speak slightingly of the best trout when compared with salmon ; but let them have one of these Loch Awe ...
... pounds when brought home . This salmon did not make near so fierce a run as the Loch Awe trout with gimp . I have heard gentlemen speak slightingly of the best trout when compared with salmon ; but let them have one of these Loch Awe ...
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... pound fish he landed above Yair Bridge was first hooked . And the great sculp- tor would have been equally astonished if the struggles of a sixteen - pound Thames trout had been treated with the like contempt ! Whatever may be the ...
... pound fish he landed above Yair Bridge was first hooked . And the great sculp- tor would have been equally astonished if the struggles of a sixteen - pound Thames trout had been treated with the like contempt ! Whatever may be the ...
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... pounds ' weight , and had I not been hampered with the tree , I should have managed him in half an hour . I ... pound sea - trout , in the next pool I fished 40 SALMON ANGLING .
... pounds ' weight , and had I not been hampered with the tree , I should have managed him in half an hour . I ... pound sea - trout , in the next pool I fished 40 SALMON ANGLING .
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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,