Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... boat , and always foiled by the boatmen , who promptly obeyed my slightest signal . He now began really to fail , and I felt I could lead him , so , directing Sandy to a shingly part of the shore , where there were no rocks , I ...
... boat , and always foiled by the boatmen , who promptly obeyed my slightest signal . He now began really to fail , and I felt I could lead him , so , directing Sandy to a shingly part of the shore , where there were no rocks , I ...
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... boat was drifting back , fairly gave in . I had always relieved the old man when we had to cross the loch , or go quickly past bad fishing - ground , upon which occasions I used to hear Johnny taunting him . When I took the oar , Sandy ...
... boat was drifting back , fairly gave in . I had always relieved the old man when we had to cross the loch , or go quickly past bad fishing - ground , upon which occasions I used to hear Johnny taunting him . When I took the oar , Sandy ...
Page 26
... boat , which left at seven ; but , even at that early hour , poor Sandy , with his fragment of a hat in his hand , was waiting at the " brae - fit " to wish me a " gude journey . " Having shaken him heartily by the hand , I turned my ...
... boat , which left at seven ; but , even at that early hour , poor Sandy , with his fragment of a hat in his hand , was waiting at the " brae - fit " to wish me a " gude journey . " Having shaken him heartily by the hand , I turned my ...
Page 37
... boat and river trolling , whether with minnow or par , that the more rapid and true the spinning , the greater my chance of stirring the fish . When trolling for salmon or large shy trout , I therefore adopt the mode of the Thames ...
... boat and river trolling , whether with minnow or par , that the more rapid and true the spinning , the greater my chance of stirring the fish . When trolling for salmon or large shy trout , I therefore adopt the mode of the Thames ...
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... boat , or reward us with a couple of trout that will give the boatman as much trouble to carry as two buckets of water . There are three kinds of trout that peculiarly belong to this description of fishing . And , first , the great ...
... boat , or reward us with a couple of trout that will give the boatman as much trouble to carry as two buckets of water . There are three kinds of trout that peculiarly belong to this description of fishing . And , first , the great ...
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