Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... eagle campaign . Having dined with my two agreeable companions , we hired an open carriage , and drove to Cladich ... eagle's eyrie , partook of Highland cheer in a snug little Cyclops of a parlour orna- mented with the horns of the red ...
... eagle campaign . Having dined with my two agreeable companions , we hired an open carriage , and drove to Cladich ... eagle's eyrie , partook of Highland cheer in a snug little Cyclops of a parlour orna- mented with the horns of the red ...
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... eagle . " A threatening crag it was ; from the view I got , it seemed as steep as the side of a house from top to bottom . For the first time I felt a slight misgiving , lest the shot might be crank and difficult , when the bird flew ...
... eagle . " A threatening crag it was ; from the view I got , it seemed as steep as the side of a house from top to bottom . For the first time I felt a slight misgiving , lest the shot might be crank and difficult , when the bird flew ...
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... eagle . Peter looked carelessly at him . " Yon's the cock , he'll be for the opposite hill , after bringing the hen ... eagle's raising her head . My qualms returned ; I saw that the eyrie was about thirty yards down in the cliff , that ...
... eagle . Peter looked carelessly at him . " Yon's the cock , he'll be for the opposite hill , after bringing the hen ... eagle's raising her head . My qualms returned ; I saw that the eyrie was about thirty yards down in the cliff , that ...
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... eagle began by plundering her storehouse ; for Peter , rolling up the ptar- migan in his handkerchief , pocketed it as a bonne bouche for dinner . We now held a consultation as to the easiest way of approach . Scrambling down a hollow ...
... eagle began by plundering her storehouse ; for Peter , rolling up the ptar- migan in his handkerchief , pocketed it as a bonne bouche for dinner . We now held a consultation as to the easiest way of approach . Scrambling down a hollow ...
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... eagle , she would most likely have dashed out , wheeling and tumbling -an uncertain and difficult shot . Fain would ... eagle's sleepless eye could detect the most minute or distant object in the valley beneath . We searched the rough ...
... eagle , she would most likely have dashed out , wheeling and tumbling -an uncertain and difficult shot . Fain would ... eagle's sleepless eye could detect the most minute or distant object in the valley beneath . We searched the rough ...
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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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