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Side 48
Your boatmen will immediately turn rapidly into the deep ; and you , raising a rod
in each hand , as high as possible , should make every effort to keep the baits
near the surface . If this is done cleverly , it may prevent that major misery of boat
...
Your boatmen will immediately turn rapidly into the deep ; and you , raising a rod
in each hand , as high as possible , should make every effort to keep the baits
near the surface . If this is done cleverly , it may prevent that major misery of boat
...
Side 49
Once going over is quite enough if you keep between the shallow and the deep ,
which only occupies a few yards . When sky and water are dull , a large bright
bait , such as a salmon smelt , is very good ; but , if the loch is clear and low , bait
...
Once going over is quite enough if you keep between the shallow and the deep ,
which only occupies a few yards . When sky and water are dull , a large bright
bait , such as a salmon smelt , is very good ; but , if the loch is clear and low , bait
...
Side 123
There are one or two more of these wells , from half a foot to three feet deep , with
soft oozy bottoms . They afford drink to a few sheep pastured upon the rock . At
the fall of last year , there were ten white - faced , seven - months ' old , lambs put
...
There are one or two more of these wells , from half a foot to three feet deep , with
soft oozy bottoms . They afford drink to a few sheep pastured upon the rock . At
the fall of last year , there were ten white - faced , seven - months ' old , lambs put
...
Side 140
From the truer nose , slower movement , and more deep - toned voice of the
blood - hound , he is certainly far better adapted for the purpose . This noble dog
is supposed to be the lineal descendant of the old deep - flewed English slot -
hound ...
From the truer nose , slower movement , and more deep - toned voice of the
blood - hound , he is certainly far better adapted for the purpose . This noble dog
is supposed to be the lineal descendant of the old deep - flewed English slot -
hound ...
Side 165
Thomas Aothing , from marks of his own discovery , always knew when they were
there , and the odds were that he secured them and sold their jackets before the
week was out . I recollect a very large one that carried his trap into the deep , for ...
Thomas Aothing , from marks of his own discovery , always knew when they were
there , and the odds were that he secured them and sold their jackets before the
week was out . I recollect a very large one that carried his trap into the deep , for ...
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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,
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 |