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Side 78
4 flew all about the sitting bird , but she did not seem hit ; the other fell dead , to
Dick's delight . Proceeding a little further , we were encouraged by a distant view
of the dun - birds busily at work in Camstraddan Bay . A long , intricate , and ...
4 flew all about the sitting bird , but she did not seem hit ; the other fell dead , to
Dick's delight . Proceeding a little further , we were encouraged by a distant view
of the dun - birds busily at work in Camstraddan Bay . A long , intricate , and ...
Side 79
Wounded both badly , but one flew out into the rough water before it dropped .
Dick retrieved the other with difficulty . A crowd of wigeon were collected in the
north - east bay of the island . Made a long and careful approach . Got within a
fair ...
Wounded both badly , but one flew out into the rough water before it dropped .
Dick retrieved the other with difficulty . A crowd of wigeon were collected in the
north - east bay of the island . Made a long and careful approach . Got within a
fair ...
Side 89
One was so tame that it always flew against my legs when I brought its food at
nightfall . Sometimes it was so dark that I could not see it , but only heard a
plaintive wail , and then felt a rush at my feet . If I was later than usual it perched
on the ...
One was so tame that it always flew against my legs when I brought its food at
nightfall . Sometimes it was so dark that I could not see it , but only heard a
plaintive wail , and then felt a rush at my feet . If I was later than usual it perched
on the ...
Side 156
But when we got half way , she flew off her eyrie and lit upon a tree , her white tail
shining like the silver moon . We were all watching her , when the other also flew
off the nest and settled near his mate . This did not look well for a shot - the hen ...
But when we got half way , she flew off her eyrie and lit upon a tree , her white tail
shining like the silver moon . We were all watching her , when the other also flew
off the nest and settled near his mate . This did not look well for a shot - the hen ...
Side 170
At last her pursuer got tired out , and flew away . The white hare has always a
refuge of this kind , where eagles abound , in case of danger . The common hare
is seldom on very good terms with his mountain cousins . This is not much to be ...
At last her pursuer got tired out , and flew away . The white hare has always a
refuge of this kind , where eagles abound , in case of danger . The common hare
is seldom on very good terms with his mountain cousins . This is not much to be ...
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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,