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Page vii
The turtle - dove THOMAS A'THING THE HILL POACHER . English poaching . - Scotch lowland poachers . - Highland poachers . -Their sporting propensities . - Family likeness . - Juvenile poachers . A female poacher . - Gregor More .
The turtle - dove THOMAS A'THING THE HILL POACHER . English poaching . - Scotch lowland poachers . - Highland poachers . -Their sporting propensities . - Family likeness . - Juvenile poachers . A female poacher . - Gregor More .
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Eagle and hill hare . - Grouse . - The effect of food on their colour.Arts of ground - hatching birds to decoy from their young . — The Royston crow . - Eagle's love to her young . — A pattern to stepmothers .
Eagle and hill hare . - Grouse . - The effect of food on their colour.Arts of ground - hatching birds to decoy from their young . — The Royston crow . - Eagle's love to her young . — A pattern to stepmothers .
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The subsoil plough , tile - draining , and all the ingenious etceteras of modern invention , have reclaimed many a bleak and barren moor which once only served for pasture to the hardy black cattle , the unhoused hirsel of the hills .
The subsoil plough , tile - draining , and all the ingenious etceteras of modern invention , have reclaimed many a bleak and barren moor which once only served for pasture to the hardy black cattle , the unhoused hirsel of the hills .
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On the south these lochs are bounded by an extensive morass , full of small tarns , intersected by a pretty large muir - burn ; and on the east of Loch Nahachalach a steep craggy hill rises abruptly from its side .
On the south these lochs are bounded by an extensive morass , full of small tarns , intersected by a pretty large muir - burn ; and on the east of Loch Nahachalach a steep craggy hill rises abruptly from its side .
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The correis which intersect them afford the richest pasture for the deer ; and the hill - fox , the wild - cat , and the marten are not yet banished from those desolate precipices . It is not to be inferred , however , that the deer ...
The correis which intersect them afford the richest pasture for the deer ; and the hill - fox , the wild - cat , and the marten are not yet banished from those desolate precipices . It is not to be inferred , however , that the deer ...
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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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