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Side v
Castle Connal.A Highland chief stabbed by a penknife ! A fifty year old badger .--
Anecdotes of badgers . — Hooking a fine ferox opposite the Gled's nest . -
Johnnie's government grievances . — The murdered Tinker's Cairn.- His savage
wife.
Castle Connal.A Highland chief stabbed by a penknife ! A fifty year old badger .--
Anecdotes of badgers . — Hooking a fine ferox opposite the Gled's nest . -
Johnnie's government grievances . — The murdered Tinker's Cairn.- His savage
wife.
Side 2
The wild feudo - Highland grounds and scenery must , of course , be made to fit
this upstart of a house , and many a knoll , covered with its tangled brushwood ,
and blazing with the yellow gold of the whin and the broom , must be levelled and
...
The wild feudo - Highland grounds and scenery must , of course , be made to fit
this upstart of a house , and many a knoll , covered with its tangled brushwood ,
and blazing with the yellow gold of the whin and the broom , must be levelled and
...
Side 34
In the rapid Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be if
you need any alteration , let it be in colour rather than in size . But on this point ,
as no invariable rule can be given , it will be better to get advice on the spot , if
you ...
In the rapid Highland streams , where I have said before a small fly should be if
you need any alteration , let it be in colour rather than in size . But on this point ,
as no invariable rule can be given , it will be better to get advice on the spot , if
you ...
Side 105
Now , however , in place of little patches of barley on all the Highland crofts ,
good oats are substituted , and not a twinkling fire , on the darkest night , is to be
seen on the islands of our lochs . We may thank the excise laws . where they are
...
Now , however , in place of little patches of barley on all the Highland crofts ,
good oats are substituted , and not a twinkling fire , on the darkest night , is to be
seen on the islands of our lochs . We may thank the excise laws . where they are
...
Side 160
Next day was the last of our Highland trip , and my boy begged hard to be
allowed to dedicate a couple of hours to the pike at Kilchurn . He had caught his
bait before breakfast , and borrowed a pike tackle , the waiter's old rod , and a
small ...
Next day was the last of our Highland trip , and my boy begged hard to be
allowed to dedicate a couple of hours to the pike at Kilchurn . He had caught his
bait before breakfast , and borrowed a pike tackle , the waiter's old rod , and a
small ...
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Side 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
Side 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,
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell" |
| Forfatter | John Colquhoun |
| Utgiver | John Murray, 1849 |
| Original fra | Princeton University |
| Digitalisert | 20. feb 2008 |
| Lengde | 185 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |