Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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Page 70
... moor . It generally makes its appearance a little after the green plover , and both hatch on the island every year . By ... moors I have counted at least a dozen pairs of old birds , yet have not stumbled on a single young one . As I was ...
... moor . It generally makes its appearance a little after the green plover , and both hatch on the island every year . By ... moors I have counted at least a dozen pairs of old birds , yet have not stumbled on a single young one . As I was ...
Page 71
... moor lochans , now frozen up . In January , 1848 , there were only ten days of frost , and the preceding year about the same amount of continued hard weather . I spent the best days of both seasons on the loch , and will endeavour to ...
... moor lochans , now frozen up . In January , 1848 , there were only ten days of frost , and the preceding year about the same amount of continued hard weather . I spent the best days of both seasons on the loch , and will endeavour to ...
Page 92
... Moors shortly after the twelfth of August . It rose out of the heather , and , I believe , was pointed by one of his dogs . I had this bird stuffed . I once pursued another from tree to tree , on Inch Conna- chan , about the beginning ...
... Moors shortly after the twelfth of August . It rose out of the heather , and , I believe , was pointed by one of his dogs . I had this bird stuffed . I once pursued another from tree to tree , on Inch Conna- chan , about the beginning ...
Page 105
... moors while they are crowded with sportsmen , at the beginning of the season , he generally waits till the gentlemen " hae had their wull o ' t . " The birds are then wild and strong , and can only be killed by means of traps or the gun ...
... moors while they are crowded with sportsmen , at the beginning of the season , he generally waits till the gentlemen " hae had their wull o ' t . " The birds are then wild and strong , and can only be killed by means of traps or the gun ...
Page 106
... moors for the low grounds , under the idea that grouse are unapproachable , would be thoroughly astonished if he put himself under the implicit guidance of one of these men . Indeed , most sportsmen , however expert with the fowling ...
... moors for the low grounds , under the idea that grouse are unapproachable , would be thoroughly astonished if he put himself under the implicit guidance of one of these men . Indeed , most sportsmen , however expert with the fowling ...
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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,