Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... short - eared owl Page 83 WILD PIGEONS . The cushat or wood - pigeon . - Spring habits . - Winter flocks . - A white ring - dove . The stranger . - Wild pigeon or stock - dove.— Not the stocker of the pigeon - house . - Rock - doves the ...
... short - eared owl Page 83 WILD PIGEONS . The cushat or wood - pigeon . - Spring habits . - Winter flocks . - A white ring - dove . The stranger . - Wild pigeon or stock - dove.— Not the stocker of the pigeon - house . - Rock - doves the ...
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... short time brought us alongside of its primitive quay , where we deposited ourselves and luggage in the mongrel kind of a coach , half boat , half omnibus , which was to convey us across the isthmus , separating Loch Goil from Loch Fine ...
... short time brought us alongside of its primitive quay , where we deposited ourselves and luggage in the mongrel kind of a coach , half boat , half omnibus , which was to convey us across the isthmus , separating Loch Goil from Loch Fine ...
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... short distance , so I arranged with him that we should start by daylight next morning for the eagle's eyrie , partook of Highland cheer in a snug little Cyclops of a parlour orna- mented with the horns of the red - deer , and then ...
... short distance , so I arranged with him that we should start by daylight next morning for the eagle's eyrie , partook of Highland cheer in a snug little Cyclops of a parlour orna- mented with the horns of the red - deer , and then ...
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... short line . It was a beautiful sight -that noble fish , sometimes showing his glancing scales for a moment , and then trying to bore under the boat , and always foiled by the boatmen , who promptly obeyed my slightest signal . He now ...
... short line . It was a beautiful sight -that noble fish , sometimes showing his glancing scales for a moment , and then trying to bore under the boat , and always foiled by the boatmen , who promptly obeyed my slightest signal . He now ...
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... short breath effectually stopped his wild legends . We had nearly gained the summit , from which there is a distant view of the loch , when Johnny , who had sauntered on a few paces before , stopped suddenly , and pointing to a little ...
... short breath effectually stopped his wild legends . We had nearly gained the summit , from which there is a distant view of the loch , when Johnny , who had sauntered on a few paces before , stopped suddenly , and pointing to a little ...
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Alpine hare angler appeared bait bank barn owl bird boat cast Castle chance Cladich colour Crap-na-Gower deer distance diving ducks dun-birds eagle eggs eyrie favourite feed fish flew flies flock foot forest frequent frost gamekeeper ground grouse gulls hatched head heard Highland hill hook Inch Moan Inverary island keeper killed Kilmun land legs Loch Awe Loch Goil Loch Lomond Loch Long look mallard miles moors morillon morning nearly nest never night numbers once otter pair perched Peter pheasants poacher pool poor pounds prey ring-dove river rock rose Rossarden salmon Sandy scarcely sea-trout seen seized seldom shallow shoot shore shot side snipe sometimes soon sport spring stalking stoat stream summer tawny owl took tree trolling trout walk watched watchers weather white owl wigeon wind wing winter woodcock yards young
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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,