Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... eagles are really worth notice , as illustrating the strength and ferocity of the bird . A couple , cock and hen ... eagle will remain still , and make no effort to escape . But , if you stumble , or turn sharply round , it is ten to ...
... eagles are really worth notice , as illustrating the strength and ferocity of the bird . A couple , cock and hen ... eagle will remain still , and make no effort to escape . But , if you stumble , or turn sharply round , it is ten to ...
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... eagles were brought safe home , but Peter assured me that he was unable to walk for many a day . 66 Another story of a prisoned eagle vindicating his dignity has so much of the comic about it , that we forgive the savage revenge . A raw ...
... eagles were brought safe home , but Peter assured me that he was unable to walk for many a day . 66 Another story of a prisoned eagle vindicating his dignity has so much of the comic about it , that we forgive the savage revenge . A raw ...
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... eagle in this man's presence ever after . But we have now got back to Peter's cottage . Loch Tulla is glistering under a burning sun : I see the land- lord at Inveruran slily peeping round the corner , anxious to discover whether we had ...
... eagle in this man's presence ever after . But we have now got back to Peter's cottage . Loch Tulla is glistering under a burning sun : I see the land- lord at Inveruran slily peeping round the corner , anxious to discover whether we had ...
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... eagle , so I asked his leave to shoot a couple of ring dotterels which were tippeting on a green bank close to the boats . This he at once civilly agreed to . All was now ready for the evening fishing . Johnny carried my trolling - rods ...
... eagle , so I asked his leave to shoot a couple of ring dotterels which were tippeting on a green bank close to the boats . This he at once civilly agreed to . All was now ready for the evening fishing . Johnny carried my trolling - rods ...
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... eagle continually resorts there to prey upon the wild fowl , and so voracious is it at this time , that my father's gamekeeper had his water dog nearly drowned by one of them when retrieving a wild duck . He managed , how- ever , to ...
... eagle continually resorts there to prey upon the wild fowl , and so voracious is it at this time , that my father's gamekeeper had his water dog nearly drowned by one of them when retrieving a wild duck . He managed , how- ever , to ...
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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,