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Young have no ring . — The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . - Frequents the mountain burn and moor loch . - Comes down in winter to larger streams . Congregate at that time . Sometimes feed on very minute substances .
Young have no ring . — The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . - Frequents the mountain burn and moor loch . - Comes down in winter to larger streams . Congregate at that time . Sometimes feed on very minute substances .
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Few springs have passed without my enjoying either a marine or mountain treat , 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 .
Few springs have passed without my enjoying either a marine or mountain treat , 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 .
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They 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 .
They 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 .
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Small flocks of deer now crossed us frequently , and 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 ...
Small flocks of deer now crossed us frequently , and 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 ...
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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 ,
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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