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Side 72
Inch Moan , which I have just described , Inch Tavannach , and Inch Connachan .
The narrow passage between these islands , called the Straits , is a fine shelter
for all wild - fowl from the Hooper to the Teal . And , lastly , the Castle of Galbraith
...
Inch Moan , which I have just described , Inch Tavannach , and Inch Connachan .
The narrow passage between these islands , called the Straits , is a fine shelter
for all wild - fowl from the Hooper to the Teal . And , lastly , the Castle of Galbraith
...
Side 73
Detected the whole mass of tufts , dun - birds , morillons , & c . , diving and
feeding together , on the Inch Tavannach side of the straits . Saw it would be a
most difficult stalk , and , from the nature of the ground , that I could only get a
flying right ...
Detected the whole mass of tufts , dun - birds , morillons , & c . , diving and
feeding together , on the Inch Tavannach side of the straits . Saw it would be a
most difficult stalk , and , from the nature of the ground , that I could only get a
flying right ...
Side 79
Embarked for Inch Moan . When about a mile off , saw two small flocks of moss
ducks , one on the north and the other on the south side of the island . Of
necessity , we must put up one flock by stalking the other . Made choice of the
southerns .
Embarked for Inch Moan . When about a mile off , saw two small flocks of moss
ducks , one on the north and the other on the south side of the island . Of
necessity , we must put up one flock by stalking the other . Made choice of the
southerns .
Side 81
Neither swans nor geese showed themselves either year ; but , had the storm
been more severe , we should , no doubt , have had some fine chances at them .
Inch Tavannach and Inch Connachan were teeming with roe ; we seldom passed
...
Neither swans nor geese showed themselves either year ; but , had the storm
been more severe , we should , no doubt , have had some fine chances at them .
Inch Tavannach and Inch Connachan were teeming with roe ; we seldom passed
...
Side 178
I had a narrow escape near the top of Inch Tavannach rock , when after
blackcocks one burning day in September . I heard the creature's malignant hiss
close to me , and struck it on the head with the butt of my gun . It appeared
stupified , and I ...
I had a narrow escape near the top of Inch Tavannach rock , when after
blackcocks one burning day in September . I heard the creature's malignant hiss
close to me , and struck it on the head with the butt of my gun . It appeared
stupified , and I ...
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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,