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Page 40
I gave him my gaff , and began to strain and shake the salmon , if possible , to bring him within the reach of my self - confident ally . At last I brought him with some difficulty near the fatal weapon .
I gave him my gaff , and began to strain and shake the salmon , if possible , to bring him within the reach of my self - confident ally . At last I brought him with some difficulty near the fatal weapon .
Page 42
He , of course , gave him a rest , and tried him with a larger , to no effect ; went back to the small one , and again rose him . He then put on , in succession , a worm , a par , and a minnow , without getting a tug ; and , as a last ...
He , of course , gave him a rest , and tried him with a larger , to no effect ; went back to the small one , and again rose him . He then put on , in succession , a worm , a par , and a minnow , without getting a tug ; and , as a last ...
Page 43
... the trail - fly fastened on a rotten stump . I waded in to try to disengage it , and in so doing , carelessly strained back my rod over my right shoulder . The fish gave a languid plunge , and SALMON ANGLING . 43.
... the trail - fly fastened on a rotten stump . I waded in to try to disengage it , and in so doing , carelessly strained back my rod over my right shoulder . The fish gave a languid plunge , and SALMON ANGLING . 43.
Page 44
The fish gave a languid plunge , and , of course , broke the top . Although I had only some thread , and a pair of scissors , I cut a couple of twigs , and spliced my rod , as clumsily as ever a country surgeon bungled a poor man's leg ...
The fish gave a languid plunge , and , of course , broke the top . Although I had only some thread , and a pair of scissors , I cut a couple of twigs , and spliced my rod , as clumsily as ever a country surgeon bungled a poor man's leg ...
Page 55
It st to Seper their first , for rose She kept ays say , alse ies the ta ise WO _d , 1l it A fisherman in the neighbourhood gave me a strange account of a moss - hole - for it deserves no more dignified name - which breeds trout of ...
It st to Seper their first , for rose She kept ays say , alse ies the ta ise WO _d , 1l it A fisherman in the neighbourhood gave me a strange account of a moss - hole - for it deserves no more dignified name - which breeds trout of ...
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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,
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| Title | Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell" |
| Author | John Colquhoun |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 20 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 185 pages |
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