Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... winter to larger streams . Congregate at that time . - Sometimes feed on very minute substances . - Cream - coloured water ouzel . - Sing in hard frost · 57 LENNIE BURN . Its romantic beauty and waterfall . - Burn trout . - Offshoot ...
... winter to larger streams . Congregate at that time . - Sometimes feed on very minute substances . - Cream - coloured water ouzel . - Sing in hard frost · 57 LENNIE BURN . Its romantic beauty and waterfall . - Burn trout . - Offshoot ...
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... Winter flocks . - A white ring - dove . The stranger . - Wild pigeon or stock - dove.— Not the stocker of the pigeon - house . - Rock - doves the wild originals of the dove - cot . - The turtle - dove THE HILL POACHER . English poaching ...
... Winter flocks . - A white ring - dove . The stranger . - Wild pigeon or stock - dove.— Not the stocker of the pigeon - house . - Rock - doves the wild originals of the dove - cot . - The turtle - dove THE HILL POACHER . English poaching ...
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... winter bed . We used to notice as much of this hay made as would suffice for a good - sized stack , and more than would fill up every badger's hole in the country . I need scarcely say that what they carried was never missed . My ...
... winter bed . We used to notice as much of this hay made as would suffice for a good - sized stack , and more than would fill up every badger's hole in the country . I need scarcely say that what they carried was never missed . My ...
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... winter . The whole hill was studded with jagged rock and stone , and a more dreary path could hardly be imagined . Gloomy without grandeur . Slowly we plodded to accommodate poor old Sandy , whose short breath effectually stopped his ...
... winter . The whole hill was studded with jagged rock and stone , and a more dreary path could hardly be imagined . Gloomy without grandeur . Slowly we plodded to accommodate poor old Sandy , whose short breath effectually stopped his ...
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... winter spawning - beds are often left so shallow as to be chilled and rotted by frost . The following make - shift is inserted for the benefit of the luckless wight who may have the misfortune to break the top of his rod at the water ...
... winter spawning - beds are often left so shallow as to be chilled and rotted by frost . The following make - shift is inserted for the benefit of the luckless wight who may have the misfortune to break the top of his rod at the water ...
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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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