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Side 88
sound , and is , of course , not nearly so audible or imposing as during the
stillness of night . I recollect once , when standing under a tree where an owl was
hooting , being struck with the difference of the note from its sound at a distance .
sound , and is , of course , not nearly so audible or imposing as during the
stillness of night . I recollect once , when standing under a tree where an owl was
hooting , being struck with the difference of the note from its sound at a distance .
Side 97
He always flew over the wall into the garden where the dovecot was placed .
Sometimes , after filling his crop , he lingered with the other pigeons nearly the
whole day , but never stayed over night . I had the curiosity to watch him in the
twilight ...
He always flew over the wall into the garden where the dovecot was placed .
Sometimes , after filling his crop , he lingered with the other pigeons nearly the
whole day , but never stayed over night . I had the curiosity to watch him in the
twilight ...
Side 104
The poacher , therefore , not only has the free run of the shooting - ground by
night , but makes it his business to find out when the gamekeeper is despatched
upon an errand , and takes a snug rap at the partridges or pheasants by day .
The poacher , therefore , not only has the free run of the shooting - ground by
night , but makes it his business to find out when the gamekeeper is despatched
upon an errand , and takes a snug rap at the partridges or pheasants by day .
Side 109
As to snaring , which is oftener practised either at night or during divine service ,
every expert keeper , by looking the runs both in the fields and fences , will easily
know whether snares have been placed in them . He then comes quietly at the ...
As to snaring , which is oftener practised either at night or during divine service ,
every expert keeper , by looking the runs both in the fields and fences , will easily
know whether snares have been placed in them . He then comes quietly at the ...
Side 128
The evening I came to Rossdhu was dull and cold ; rather watery looking for the
west ; but at grey of next morning I threw up my window , and was happy to find
that it had cleared to bright starlight , with a crisp night frost . The ivy owl was ...
The evening I came to Rossdhu was dull and cold ; rather watery looking for the
west ; but at grey of next morning I threw up my window , and was happy to find
that it had cleared to bright starlight , with a crisp night frost . The ivy owl was ...
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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 |