Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... morning sun . My greater favourite , however , is the wild and lonely mountain , with its crags , its bare heath , its solitary moor - loch , and above all the eyrie of * The white - tailed eagle , or erne , not unfrequently hatches on ...
... morning sun . My greater favourite , however , is the wild and lonely mountain , with its crags , its bare heath , its solitary moor - loch , and above all the eyrie of * The white - tailed eagle , or erne , not unfrequently hatches on ...
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... morning , The fat rosy and paddled merrily down the Clyde . steward , with his quaint face of good - nature , was in high feather , and frequent in his assurances that we might expect " a pleesant sail . " Under his auspices we were ...
... morning , The fat rosy and paddled merrily down the Clyde . steward , with his quaint face of good - nature , was in high feather , and frequent in his assurances that we might expect " a pleesant sail . " Under his auspices we were ...
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... morning for the eagle's eyrie , partook of Highland cheer in a snug little Cyclops of a parlour orna- mented with the horns of the red - deer , and then retired to my dormitory . Day was just breaking when I crossed the river Tulla , on ...
... morning for the eagle's eyrie , partook of Highland cheer in a snug little Cyclops of a parlour orna- mented with the horns of the red - deer , and then retired to my dormitory . Day was just breaking when I crossed the river Tulla , on ...
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... morning meal . Now and then an Alpine hare would canter lazily away , or raise herself upon her hind legs to listen , moving about her inquisitive ears . For some miles we walked along the road which intersects the lower end of the ...
... morning meal . Now and then an Alpine hare would canter lazily away , or raise herself upon her hind legs to listen , moving about her inquisitive ears . For some miles we walked along the road which intersects the lower end of the ...
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... with my rods , bait , provisions , and pea - jacket , were making for Port Sonachan Quay , where I had directed them to meet me . The morning was colder , the wind had changed I from west to east , " a bad airt A PLEA FOR THE WASTES . 17.
... with my rods , bait , provisions , and pea - jacket , were making for Port Sonachan Quay , where I had directed them to meet me . The morning was colder , the wind had changed I from west to east , " a bad airt A PLEA FOR THE WASTES . 17.
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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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