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Side 60
I have several times been fairly cheated by the water ousel , and had a fruitless
stalk for ducks through its Seated at a distance , upon a small stone , it is often
difficult , even with one's glass , not to mistake it for the head , and the stone for
the ...
I have several times been fairly cheated by the water ousel , and had a fruitless
stalk for ducks through its Seated at a distance , upon a small stone , it is often
difficult , even with one's glass , not to mistake it for the head , and the stone for
the ...
Side 75
Eleven head , and a roe . Monday , 24th . Mist so thick that stalking was out of the
question . Calm . Frost hard , and ground dry . Only one chance at a mud mallard
, and slew him on Inch Moan . One head . Tuesday , 25th . Close and misty , as ...
Eleven head , and a roe . Monday , 24th . Mist so thick that stalking was out of the
question . Calm . Frost hard , and ground dry . Only one chance at a mud mallard
, and slew him on Inch Moan . One head . Tuesday , 25th . Close and misty , as ...
Side 81
Eight head . This ended my wild - fowl shooting for 1848 ; in all , fiftyfour head , a
heron , and a roe . The gamekeeper gave me able assistance , and is the only
one I ever was out with who understands that sport . In January , 1847 , I bagged
...
Eight head . This ended my wild - fowl shooting for 1848 ; in all , fiftyfour head , a
heron , and a roe . The gamekeeper gave me able assistance , and is the only
one I ever was out with who understands that sport . In January , 1847 , I bagged
...
Side 139
Should you attempt to crawl down head foremost , the back will often be two feet
higher than the head , and the stalker ... In sliding down the hill , both stalker and
sportsman must have their eye upon the deer ; and , if they raise their heads ...
Should you attempt to crawl down head foremost , the back will often be two feet
higher than the head , and the stalker ... In sliding down the hill , both stalker and
sportsman must have their eye upon the deer ; and , if they raise their heads ...
Side 178
John Colquhoun. heather . 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 .
John Colquhoun. heather . 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 .
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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,