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Side 63
Accordingly , as soon as I noticed fish rising in the streams , I went to the pond
several times a day . It was not , however , till the begining of April that I perceived
the largest trout , looking very heavy and dull , but making no attempt to feed .
Accordingly , as soon as I noticed fish rising in the streams , I went to the pond
several times a day . It was not , however , till the begining of April that I perceived
the largest trout , looking very heavy and dull , but making no attempt to feed .
Side 126
Those inheritors of dilapidation and decay , the jackdaws , sum up the zoology I
noticed on the Bass Rock . The old rampart walls and chapel bad most likely
tempted them over the sea from Tantallan Castle . Having satisfied my curiosity ,
and ...
Those inheritors of dilapidation and decay , the jackdaws , sum up the zoology I
noticed on the Bass Rock . The old rampart walls and chapel bad most likely
tempted them over the sea from Tantallan Castle . Having satisfied my curiosity ,
and ...
Side 158
I once , with much interest , noticed a pair of baldcoots , on Duddinstone Loch ,
constructing their damp abode . The male dived to the bottom for the leaves of the
water lily , and the female always came to the side of the nest to receive his billful
...
I once , with much interest , noticed a pair of baldcoots , on Duddinstone Loch ,
constructing their damp abode . The male dived to the bottom for the leaves of the
water lily , and the female always came to the side of the nest to receive his billful
...
Side 168
They all haunted the same bend of the river , and were constantly noticed
gamboling among the reeds before they were captured . I never saw more
savage little creatures ; they seemed to surpass even an imprisoned weasel in
ferocity .
They all haunted the same bend of the river , and were constantly noticed
gamboling among the reeds before they were captured . I never saw more
savage little creatures ; they seemed to surpass even an imprisoned weasel in
ferocity .
Side 179
As he had not seen me , I stood ready to shoot him , expecting his reappearance .
I noticed something move on the ground , a little way off , which proved to be one
of the largest male rats I had ever seen , giving its last kick FRAGMENTS . 179.
As he had not seen me , I stood ready to shoot him , expecting his reappearance .
I noticed something move on the ground , a little way off , which proved to be one
of the largest male rats I had ever seen , giving its last kick FRAGMENTS . 179.
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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,