Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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Page 18
... spring . My brothers and I had been brought up in the country , and were hunters from our childhood . Our couple of terriers were game as flint , and yet they were never able to draw a badger from his natural fastness . I have heard ...
... spring . My brothers and I had been brought up in the country , and were hunters from our childhood . Our couple of terriers were game as flint , and yet they were never able to draw a badger from his natural fastness . I have heard ...
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... spring . To seize the rod and place the butt above my knee , with a good bend at the top , was the work of an instant . Sandy was also active ; he gave both oars to Johnny , and began , with his shaky hands , to wind up the other rod ...
... spring . To seize the rod and place the butt above my knee , with a good bend at the top , was the work of an instant . Sandy was also active ; he gave both oars to Johnny , and began , with his shaky hands , to wind up the other rod ...
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... spring , I overheard Johnny complaining of the scarcity of the " sma ' stells which were ance thick eneuch on Loch Ow , " and reprobating the tyranny of our rulers , “ wha hinnered folk frae doin ' what they liket best theirsels wi ...
... spring , I overheard Johnny complaining of the scarcity of the " sma ' stells which were ance thick eneuch on Loch Ow , " and reprobating the tyranny of our rulers , “ wha hinnered folk frae doin ' what they liket best theirsels wi ...
Page 33
... spring trout in Tweed , with a hook double the size of that he uses in Gala , or any of the other tributaries , for the very same purpose : the favourite fly in both cases being a woodcock - wing , hare's - ear body , tied with blue ...
... spring trout in Tweed , with a hook double the size of that he uses in Gala , or any of the other tributaries , for the very same purpose : the favourite fly in both cases being a woodcock - wing , hare's - ear body , tied with blue ...
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... spring , near the foot of a thick bush , on the bank of a rocky brook . They reared their young ones undisturbed . I think it not unlikely that the greater number of those that frequented the garden in summer , were birds of that year ...
... spring , near the foot of a thick bush , on the bank of a rocky brook . They reared their young ones undisturbed . I think it not unlikely that the greater number of those that frequented the garden in summer , were birds of that year ...
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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,