Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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John Colquhoun. ADVERTISEMENT . THE following irregular sketches of wild expeditions , now loosely thrown together , were begun in the year 1841 . They were penned just as they occurred , often at long intervals . Those which were ...
John Colquhoun. ADVERTISEMENT . THE following irregular sketches of wild expeditions , now loosely thrown together , were begun in the year 1841 . They were penned just as they occurred , often at long intervals . Those which were ...
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... Throw a stone at her ! " Peter had too much generalship for that . He selected a small pebble , and threw it on the ... thrown straight at the eagle , she would most likely have dashed out , wheeling and tumbling -an uncertain and ...
... Throw a stone at her ! " Peter had too much generalship for that . He selected a small pebble , and threw it on the ... thrown straight at the eagle , she would most likely have dashed out , wheeling and tumbling -an uncertain and ...
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... thrown in ; Donald peered cautiously into the hole ; quick as light , the eagle seized his nose , and it was only by a severe struggle , and the cartilage giving way , that he effected his escape . When Peter came home , he found him ...
... thrown in ; Donald peered cautiously into the hole ; quick as light , the eagle seized his nose , and it was only by a severe struggle , and the cartilage giving way , that he effected his escape . When Peter came home , he found him ...
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... throwing a line ; he is angling down a fine salmon stream , followed by a finished master of the fly , and has just completed his last throw of a promising pool . Upon looking over his shoulder , his companion has hold of a good fish ...
... throwing a line ; he is angling down a fine salmon stream , followed by a finished master of the fly , and has just completed his last throw of a promising pool . Upon looking over his shoulder , his companion has hold of a good fish ...
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... throw a very long line , and to search the casts properly with the fly , are no doubt indispensable requisites ; but a river fly angler , ( for I don't here speak of either bait or loch fishing , ) who can work his hooked fish ...
... throw a very long line , and to search the casts properly with the fly , are no doubt indispensable requisites ; but a river fly angler , ( for I don't here speak of either bait or loch fishing , ) who can work his hooked fish ...
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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,