Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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Page vi
... Sometimes feed on very minute substances . - Cream - coloured water ouzel . - Sing in hard frost LENNIE BURN . Page THE PEAT ISLAND . Its attractions for wild fowl . - Spring and summer visitors . - Winter or the season . - Crowded with ...
... Sometimes feed on very minute substances . - Cream - coloured water ouzel . - Sing in hard frost LENNIE BURN . Page THE PEAT ISLAND . Its attractions for wild fowl . - Spring and summer visitors . - Winter or the season . - Crowded with ...
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... sometimes both , and the pleasure has then been heightened by contrast . A slight sketch of one of these later excursions may perhaps be admissible here . In the recesses of the Black Mount Forest , very considerably above the level of ...
... sometimes both , and the pleasure has then been heightened by contrast . A slight sketch of one of these later excursions may perhaps be admissible here . In the recesses of the Black Mount Forest , very considerably above the level of ...
Page 6
... sometimes , however , had a battle in the air , but the looser form , the heavier movement , and the less daring spirit of the erne , made her no match for the mountaineer , who soon drove her screaming to her island . In the distance ...
... sometimes , however , had a battle in the air , but the looser form , the heavier movement , and the less daring spirit of the erne , made her no match for the mountaineer , who soon drove her screaming to her island . In the distance ...
Page 9
... sometimes a large herd would saunter past at a slow walk . Occasionally we saw their profiles on the crests of the mountains , or at feed , dotted along some distant correi , in appearance no bigger than roes . Peter had been ...
... sometimes a large herd would saunter past at a slow walk . Occasionally we saw their profiles on the crests of the mountains , or at feed , dotted along some distant correi , in appearance no bigger than roes . Peter had been ...
Page 20
... was again at the oar , and I had fair play . The ferox bored like a harpooned whale ; sometimes he would change his course and go down to the bottom , taking forty 66 yards of line , which he made swirl through the 20 CORRACH - BAH ; OR ,
... was again at the oar , and I had fair play . The ferox bored like a harpooned whale ; sometimes he would change his course and go down to the bottom , taking forty 66 yards of line , which he made swirl through the 20 CORRACH - BAH ; OR ,
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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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