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Side 84
Whenever it saw or heard a mouse , it settled in the air , like the osprey , and then
, with its legs hanging down , ready to seize the moment it came to the ground ,
appeared rapidly to alight on its prey . The ways of the brown owl are different .
Whenever it saw or heard a mouse , it settled in the air , like the osprey , and then
, with its legs hanging down , ready to seize the moment it came to the ground ,
appeared rapidly to alight on its prey . The ways of the brown owl are different .
Side 89
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 balcony ,
uttering its weak cry . When I placed a bit of meat upon the table , it flew into the ...
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 balcony ,
uttering its weak cry . When I placed a bit of meat upon the table , it flew into the ...
Side 90
I heard one six times in succession , and then it ceased . Their music is a little
different from the brown owls . It is only one prolonged cadence , lower and not
so mournful as the first hoot of the tawny fellow . They never utter the second
juggling ...
I heard one six times in succession , and then it ceased . Their music is a little
different from the brown owls . It is only one prolonged cadence , lower and not
so mournful as the first hoot of the tawny fellow . They never utter the second
juggling ...
Side 91
In a very short time there was a crash , a faint squeak , and the mouse was never
heard again . It used sometimes to startle strangers , by coming down upon their
shoulders , with the noiseless spirit - like flight which enabled it to surprise the ...
In a very short time there was a crash , a faint squeak , and the mouse was never
heard again . It used sometimes to startle strangers , by coming down upon their
shoulders , with the noiseless spirit - like flight which enabled it to surprise the ...
Side 157
Once or twice I heard the hollow rumbling , and they dashed past at the distance
of sixty yards , but had I wished to take this random chance , it was impossible ,
as I only commanded the eyrie tree . The intervals of their visits became longer ...
Once or twice I heard the hollow rumbling , and they dashed past at the distance
of sixty yards , but had I wished to take this random chance , it was impossible ,
as I only commanded the eyrie tree . The intervals of their visits became longer ...
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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,