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Side viii
The otter's whistle . -Sea eagle's eyrie . — Large pike at Kilchurn . — Voracity of
pike . — Gourmand cod 148 THE OTTER . Otter hounds . — Terriers . —
Fowmarte a good substitute for an otter . — Trapping Otters . — Seals . — Otter
and young ...
The otter's whistle . -Sea eagle's eyrie . — Large pike at Kilchurn . — Voracity of
pike . — Gourmand cod 148 THE OTTER . Otter hounds . — Terriers . —
Fowmarte a good substitute for an otter . — Trapping Otters . — Seals . — Otter
and young ...
Side 163
THE OTTER . This eccentric creature is so much hidden from notice , partly owing
to its resources for concealment lying both in land and water , that its habits are
not much observed , although so generally distributed throughout the three ...
THE OTTER . This eccentric creature is so much hidden from notice , partly owing
to its resources for concealment lying both in land and water , that its habits are
not much observed , although so generally distributed throughout the three ...
Side 164
There is no dog more takes my fancy than one of these ancient thorough - bred
otter hounds . His wierd look of hoar antiquity always associates him with “ grisly
eld ; " and his characteristic method of working his amphibious quarry adds to the
...
There is no dog more takes my fancy than one of these ancient thorough - bred
otter hounds . His wierd look of hoar antiquity always associates him with “ grisly
eld ; " and his characteristic method of working his amphibious quarry adds to the
...
Side 165
The otters seldom frequented Rossdhu Bay till the autumn floods , when their
sputtering blow was heard in the ... I recollect a very large one that carried his
trap into the deep , for Thomas , like a knowing otter trapper , never fastened it .
The otters seldom frequented Rossdhu Bay till the autumn floods , when their
sputtering blow was heard in the ... I recollect a very large one that carried his
trap into the deep , for Thomas , like a knowing otter trapper , never fastened it .
Side 166
I used to be much an . noyed in the winter mornings , when ranging Leny and
Garwhinnie waters for ducks , by people getting down before me to secure the
salmon which the otter had “ ta'en oot . " Of course they put up all the wild fowl .
After a ...
I used to be much an . noyed in the winter mornings , when ranging Leny and
Garwhinnie waters for ducks , by people getting down before me to secure the
salmon which the otter had “ ta'en oot . " Of course they put up all the wild fowl .
After a ...
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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,