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Side 48
This rod should be fixed by the butt , at the opposite side of the boat , so as to
cross before you . I need not say the reel and line must be quite free . Keep the
other rod in hand , now and then sinking the point in the water as it grows deeper
or ...
This rod should be fixed by the butt , at the opposite side of the boat , so as to
cross before you . I need not say the reel and line must be quite free . Keep the
other rod in hand , now and then sinking the point in the water as it grows deeper
or ...
Side 56
had an account of a Loch Fine herring - fisher's life , from Angus , a frank athletic
young man , the skipper and part owner of a boat . The fleet of skows , which are
always hauled up , high and dry , to refit after the season is over , were all ...
had an account of a Loch Fine herring - fisher's life , from Angus , a frank athletic
young man , the skipper and part owner of a boat . The fleet of skows , which are
always hauled up , high and dry , to refit after the season is over , were all ...
Side 103
The foresters had not unfrequently to fire on the boats to keep them off . On one
occasion , a party effected a landing ... They all , except one , managed to get
back to their boat , leaving the deer behind . When the unfortunate printer saw his
...
The foresters had not unfrequently to fire on the boats to keep them off . On one
occasion , a party effected a landing ... They all , except one , managed to get
back to their boat , leaving the deer behind . When the unfortunate printer saw his
...
Side 117
Thomas returned one morning from the islands with a prisoner in the stern of his
boat , and his quaint grave relation of the particulars , in presence of his captive ,
was truly comical . He had with his enormous telescope discovered four Leven ...
Thomas returned one morning from the islands with a prisoner in the stern of his
boat , and his quaint grave relation of the particulars , in presence of his captive ,
was truly comical . He had with his enormous telescope discovered four Leven ...
Side 121
His nest was afterwards harried by a boat's crew , from North Berwick , who came
for the purpose in the night . Well did I know the peregrine , and had often
admired his graceful bearing among his native hills . The sable tenant of
desolation ...
His nest was afterwards harried by a boat's crew , from North Berwick , who came
for the purpose in the night . Well did I know the peregrine , and had often
admired his graceful bearing among his native hills . The sable tenant of
desolation ...
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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,