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A 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 ...
A 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 ...
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ferry - boat and forward them next morning by the post * to Cladich , where I hoped to bivouac for a few days after my eagle campaign . Having dined with my two agreeable companions , we hired an open carriage , and drove to Cladich ...
ferry - boat and forward them next morning by the post * to Cladich , where I hoped to bivouac for a few days after my eagle campaign . Having dined with my two agreeable companions , we hired an open carriage , and drove to Cladich ...
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... none but that poor , ragged , woe - begone old man shall command my boat so long as he is able to do it . ... so I asked his leave to shoot a couple of ring dotterels which were tippeting on a green bank close to the boats .
... none but that poor , ragged , woe - begone old man shall command my boat so long as he is able to do it . ... so I asked his leave to shoot a couple of ring dotterels which were tippeting on a green bank close to the boats .
Page 17
We came over no large ones , however , and the three brought into the boat were only four , three , and two and a half pounds . We had intended to troll to the bay of old Castle Connal , eight miles down the loch , built , as Sandy says ...
We came over no large ones , however , and the three brought into the boat were only four , three , and two and a half pounds . We had intended to troll to the bay of old Castle Connal , eight miles down the loch , built , as Sandy says ...
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... slowly propelling their clumsy boat . I question if I gained much time by my manœuvre , though Sandy appeared quite satisfied with the rate of their progress . I was soon seated in the stern , with lovely baits towing behind .
... slowly propelling their clumsy boat . I question if I gained much time by my manœuvre , though Sandy appeared quite satisfied with the rate of their progress . I was soon seated in the stern , with lovely baits towing behind .
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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,