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After a long , rugged , but enjoyable drive , partly along the banks of Loch Awe , where the cuckoo was heard in every dell , or seen poising himself upon some still leafless patriarchal thorn , and partly through the environs of the ...
After a long , rugged , but enjoyable drive , partly along the banks of Loch Awe , where the cuckoo was heard in every dell , or seen poising himself upon some still leafless patriarchal thorn , and partly through the environs of the ...
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I have heard them hold one to bay for hours , in the inmost recesses of his earth . On one occasion , when a favourite terrier had teazed the poor animal for a long time , it slily followed , and when the dog was within a yard of the ...
I have heard them hold one to bay for hours , in the inmost recesses of his earth . On one occasion , when a favourite terrier had teazed the poor animal for a long time , it slily followed , and when the dog was within a yard of the ...
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To the last she kept the dogs at bay , and even when we heard the growl within a couple of yards , they were unable to dislodge her . Whenever we struck into the wide cell , they dashed in upon her , and inflicted such injury that she ...
To the last she kept the dogs at bay , and even when we heard the growl within a couple of yards , they were unable to dislodge her . Whenever we struck into the wide cell , they dashed in upon her , and inflicted such injury that she ...
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I have heard gentlemen speak slightingly of the best trout when compared with salmon ; but let them have one of these Loch Awe monsters on their hooks , in as good condition as mine was , and I venture to say they will not complain of ...
I have heard gentlemen speak slightingly of the best trout when compared with salmon ; but let them have one of these Loch Awe monsters on their hooks , in as good condition as mine was , and I venture to say they will not complain of ...
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I have heard it said by some pseudo salmon - anglers , that the only pleasure was the hooking of the fish ; and some have even declared they would not mind breaking every salmon directly after fastening him . Such men , to be consistent ...
I have heard it said by some pseudo salmon - anglers , that the only pleasure was the hooking of the fish ; and some have even declared they would not mind breaking every salmon directly after fastening him . Such men , to be consistent ...
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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,