Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 pages |
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... sometimes showing his glancing scales for a moment , and then trying to bore under the 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 ...
... sometimes showing his glancing scales for a moment , and then trying to bore under the 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 ...
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... sometimes be great boys at the water - side . I have witnessed , with some amusement , the late Sir Charles Bell's comical vexation , when an unlooked - for rod bore down upon him . His testy frown , when interfered with , was quite ...
... sometimes be great boys at the water - side . I have witnessed , with some amusement , the late Sir Charles Bell's comical vexation , when an unlooked - for rod bore down upon him . His testy frown , when interfered with , was quite ...
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John Colquhoun. certain may sometimes deceive , while there are particular nooks , perhaps the least attractive even to an experienced eye , where a fish is pretty likely to rise ; this is especially the case when the river is swollen ...
John Colquhoun. certain may sometimes deceive , while there are particular nooks , perhaps the least attractive even to an experienced eye , where a fish is pretty likely to rise ; this is especially the case when the river is swollen ...
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... sometimes the fish may be a little longer in stirring . Don't be too certain that you have detected the most killing fly because fish take it well one day , as salmon , in some moods , will rise at anything you throw over them . When ...
... sometimes the fish may be a little longer in stirring . Don't be too certain that you have detected the most killing fly because fish take it well one day , as salmon , in some moods , will rise at anything you throw over them . When ...
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... Sometimes he would sulk , and when with great trouble I shook him off the bottom , he would rush up or down the pool , terminating his vagaries by a fair somerset . Half - past two o'clock , and my arm quite tired . I looked often to ...
... Sometimes he would sulk , and when with great trouble I shook him off the bottom , he would rush up or down the pool , terminating his vagaries by a fair somerset . Half - past two o'clock , and my arm quite tired . I looked often to ...
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