Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... poachers . - Highland poachers . -Their sporting propensities . - Family likeness . - Juvenile poachers . A female poacher . - Gregor More . - A poaching minister . His exploits . - Shooting a shepherd for a deer THOMAS A'THING THE BASS ...
... poachers . - Highland poachers . -Their sporting propensities . - Family likeness . - Juvenile poachers . A female poacher . - Gregor More . - A poaching minister . His exploits . - Shooting a shepherd for a deer THOMAS A'THING THE BASS ...
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... counties of England , and are not unfrequently found in Scotland . My brother shot one in Dumbartonshire a few years ago . It was evidently very young . THE HILL POACHER . AN English poacher is generally to 100 WILD PIGEONS .
... counties of England , and are not unfrequently found in Scotland . My brother shot one in Dumbartonshire a few years ago . It was evidently very young . THE HILL POACHER . AN English poacher is generally to 100 WILD PIGEONS .
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John Colquhoun. THE HILL POACHER . AN English poacher is generally to be found among the very dregs of the people . A hardened , unscrupulous blackguard , who would shoot the gamekeeper with greater pleasure than he would a pheasant ...
John Colquhoun. THE HILL POACHER . AN English poacher is generally to be found among the very dregs of the people . A hardened , unscrupulous blackguard , who would shoot the gamekeeper with greater pleasure than he would a pheasant ...
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... especially those in the neighbour- hood of large towns ; that is , poach in company , have no pleasure in the sport , and care only for the profit . The AR deer on the islands of Loch Lomond were sometimes poached 102 THE HILL POACHER .
... especially those in the neighbour- hood of large towns ; that is , poach in company , have no pleasure in the sport , and care only for the profit . The AR deer on the islands of Loch Lomond were sometimes poached 102 THE HILL POACHER .
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... poacher often engages in the pursuit of game with the same zest as a gentleman , piques himself upon the excellence of some half - bred cur of a dog , and astonishes his acquaintance by bouncing anecdotes of his wonderful gun . In such ...
... poacher often engages in the pursuit of game with the same zest as a gentleman , piques himself upon the excellence of some half - bred cur of a dog , and astonishes his acquaintance by bouncing anecdotes of his wonderful gun . In such ...
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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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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,