Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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Page 36
... dark windy day , from being showy , a gudgeon on a calm bright day , as its dark colour conceals and confounds the hooks . By the same rule a roach is good in our lochs in clear weather . Bleak , however , are thought the best spinning ...
... dark windy day , from being showy , a gudgeon on a calm bright day , as its dark colour conceals and confounds the hooks . By the same rule a roach is good in our lochs in clear weather . Bleak , however , are thought the best spinning ...
Page 45
... dark and the loch discoloured , or , on the contrary , small and clear , with a cloudless sky , a difference in the size and colour of the bait , and rapidity in spinning it , may bring home an empty boat , or reward us with a couple of ...
... dark and the loch discoloured , or , on the contrary , small and clear , with a cloudless sky , a difference in the size and colour of the bait , and rapidity in spinning it , may bring home an empty boat , or reward us with a couple of ...
Page 50
... dark- skinned and white in the flesh ; the other , pink in flesh , and of starry scales . The latter always makes the most spirited resistance . Perhaps it may be inferred that there is only one kind , and that the difference arises ...
... dark- skinned and white in the flesh ; the other , pink in flesh , and of starry scales . The latter always makes the most spirited resistance . Perhaps it may be inferred that there is only one kind , and that the difference arises ...
Page 51
... dark threatening mountain , with the white streak of the winter drift upon its summit , " It was on the side o ' Ben Cruachan here , that the Irish chief , McFaydon , was beat by Sir William Wallace , and chased into a cave yonder ...
... dark threatening mountain , with the white streak of the winter drift upon its summit , " It was on the side o ' Ben Cruachan here , that the Irish chief , McFaydon , was beat by Sir William Wallace , and chased into a cave yonder ...
Page 52
... dark from their shadow . If you drop a pebble into it , the sound is so vivid and hollow , you shudder at the distance it must sink before finding its bed . I rather think the sudden and great depth of the water is one reason why so few ...
... dark from their shadow . If you drop a pebble into it , the sound is so vivid and hollow , you shudder at the distance it must sink before finding its bed . I rather think the sudden and great depth of the water is one reason why so few ...
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