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Side 41
I had no more time to spare , but , if I could have remained , should probably have
had prime sport with the fly , as I left a beautiful reach of the river untried . About a
fortnight after , the river was again in excellent trim for the fly , and I alongside ...
I had no more time to spare , but , if I could have remained , should probably have
had prime sport with the fly , as I left a beautiful reach of the river untried . About a
fortnight after , the river was again in excellent trim for the fly , and I alongside ...
Side 74
Before he could reach the bush , however , the wary bird rushed out again upon
its native element . Down under water , but the dive was a short one . Dive after
diveshorter and shorter . At last it could not get out of sight , and I soon picked up
...
Before he could reach the bush , however , the wary bird rushed out again upon
its native element . Down under water , but the dive was a short one . Dive after
diveshorter and shorter . At last it could not get out of sight , and I soon picked up
...
Side 131
Our near approach was over a succession of rocks and knolls covered with
heather , so long as nearly to reach the waist . We were constantly kept upon the
alert , for this heather often concealed holes that it would have been no joke to
have ...
Our near approach was over a succession of rocks and knolls covered with
heather , so long as nearly to reach the waist . We were constantly kept upon the
alert , for this heather often concealed holes that it would have been no joke to
have ...
Side 145
The extreme regularity of the woodcock's flight has been proved to me , even
after putting him up the second time . We flushed one in the Kilmun coverts , out
of reach . He flew straight for a bit of marshy ground ; some woodcutters were at
work ...
The extreme regularity of the woodcock's flight has been proved to me , even
after putting him up the second time . We flushed one in the Kilmun coverts , out
of reach . He flew straight for a bit of marshy ground ; some woodcutters were at
work ...
Side 149
... to the traveller that for once he is getting out of the reach of carbonic influence .
With most of the inmates of these poor dwellings we were also well acquainted ;
and among them could place on record examples both of worth and happiness .
... to the traveller that for once he is getting out of the reach of carbonic influence .
With most of the inmates of these poor dwellings we were also well acquainted ;
and among them could place on record examples both of worth and happiness .
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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 |