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Hatch in low bushes on lonely waste ground . - Young have no ring . — The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . - Frequents the mountain burn and moor loch . - Comes down in winter to larger streams . Congregate at that time .
Hatch in low bushes on lonely waste ground . - Young have no ring . — The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . - Frequents the mountain burn and moor loch . - Comes down in winter to larger streams . Congregate at that time .
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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 THOMAS A'THING THE HILL POACHER .
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 THOMAS A'THING THE HILL POACHER .
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This dries , and the badger brings home a little for its 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 .
This dries , and the badger brings home a little for its 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 .
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... and on others never a ray penetrates , summer or 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 ...
... and on others never a ray penetrates , summer or 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 ...
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In consequence , the 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 ...
In consequence , the 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 ...
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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,
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| Title | Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell" |
| Author | John Colquhoun |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 20 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 185 pages |
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