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Side 55
After watching for a little time , a great break of the water , but slow and heavy , in
the midst of the weeds , betokened the kind of customers I should have to deal
with . The trolling - rod was quickly baited , but there was some difficulty to find ...
After watching for a little time , a great break of the water , but slow and heavy , in
the midst of the weeds , betokened the kind of customers I should have to deal
with . The trolling - rod was quickly baited , but there was some difficulty to find ...
Side 84
These young owls were not at all particular what they eat , and devoured greedily
raw meat of any kind , as well as fish ; but I never saw them drink , and when
offered water , they showed as much dislike to it as a cat . All day the young owl
sat ...
These young owls were not at all particular what they eat , and devoured greedily
raw meat of any kind , as well as fish ; but I never saw them drink , and when
offered water , they showed as much dislike to it as a cat . All day the young owl
sat ...
Side 121
The common kind , called by our boatmen marrats , ” are very numerous . They
are ranged along the cliffs like companies of soldiers ; and half - a - dozen might
often be strung at a shot . The kittiwakes are always perched at a good height ...
The common kind , called by our boatmen marrats , ” are very numerous . They
are ranged along the cliffs like companies of soldiers ; and half - a - dozen might
often be strung at a shot . The kittiwakes are always perched at a good height ...
Side 127
He seemed gentle and kind to them , though no others dared to interfere . Sorrow
had left its deepest traces on his poor old mother's face . Suffering of many kinds
met our eyes ; and we were painfully impressed with the contrast between the ...
He seemed gentle and kind to them , though no others dared to interfere . Sorrow
had left its deepest traces on his poor old mother's face . Suffering of many kinds
met our eyes ; and we were painfully impressed with the contrast between the ...
Side 170
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 wondered at , for the lowlander , although ...
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 wondered at , for the lowlander , although ...
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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 |