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Side 5
In the recesses of the Black Mount Forest , very considerably above the level of
the sea , there is a muirland lochan , about a mile long by half a mile broad ,
called in Gaelic , Lochan Nahachalach ; and a little to the east , connected by a
rocky ...
In the recesses of the Black Mount Forest , very considerably above the level of
the sea , there is a muirland lochan , about a mile long by half a mile broad ,
called in Gaelic , Lochan Nahachalach ; and a little to the east , connected by a
rocky ...
Side 50
down three miles on the Cladich side of the loch , returned over the same ground
, a little nearer shore ; not a tug until dusk , when we were within half a mile of the
inn . I then hooked a fish : he was a dull wretch , and made indifferent play .
down three miles on the Cladich side of the loch , returned over the same ground
, a little nearer shore ; not a tug until dusk , when we were within half a mile of the
inn . I then hooked a fish : he was a dull wretch , and made indifferent play .
Side 55
As the “ weedy loch ” was only half an hour's walk from Inverary , I took
advantage of the first favourable day to give it a trial , both with fly and bait , for
one of these monsters . I thought my guide was joking when he pointed to a
shallow hole ...
As the “ weedy loch ” was only half an hour's walk from Inverary , I took
advantage of the first favourable day to give it a trial , both with fly and bait , for
one of these monsters . I thought my guide was joking when he pointed to a
shallow hole ...
Side 72
When a boy I was much horrified at this account , and used to picture a sort of half
- demon , half - maniac rushing into the house , the inmates flying right and left ,
while he marched to the water with his smoking booty . I will now recount the ...
When a boy I was much horrified at this account , and used to picture a sort of half
- demon , half - maniac rushing into the house , the inmates flying right and left ,
while he marched to the water with his smoking booty . I will now recount the ...
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
...
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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 |