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Side 75
When we returned to Inch Moan , the day had worn on . I got a flying right and left
at wigeon , on the far end of the island , killing both . It was now late , so we
sought the mainland , and I emptied my gun at a fine roebuck passing close to
me in ...
When we returned to Inch Moan , the day had worn on . I got a flying right and left
at wigeon , on the far end of the island , killing both . It was now late , so we
sought the mainland , and I emptied my gun at a fine roebuck passing close to
me in ...
Side 77
I knew they would soon return , so kept my post . Unfortunately , they neared the
shore further down the bay ; and ... Gave the customary hour's law of rest , and
then returned . Keeper perceived a duck and drake in the first bay after crossing ...
I knew they would soon return , so kept my post . Unfortunately , they neared the
shore further down the bay ; and ... Gave the customary hour's law of rest , and
then returned . Keeper perceived a duck and drake in the first bay after crossing ...
Side 78
Saw three wigeon feeding on the green surface food in Rossarden Bay . As they
were out of shot did not wait , intending to give them a benefit on my return . A
couple of moss ducks were grubbing in Altochly Bay , two yards from the land .
Saw three wigeon feeding on the green surface food in Rossarden Bay . As they
were out of shot did not wait , intending to give them a benefit on my return . A
couple of moss ducks were grubbing in Altochly Bay , two yards from the land .
Side 113
... embarkation arrived , he was summoned to take a longer voyage , and to a
country from which he should never return * . ... ( answering to a beneficed
clergyman , ) and , although he often returned late on the Saturday night , after
being all the ...
... embarkation arrived , he was summoned to take a longer voyage , and to a
country from which he should never return * . ... ( answering to a beneficed
clergyman , ) and , although he often returned late on the Saturday night , after
being all the ...
Side 158
When Peter felt sure the game was up , he returned to release me from my watch
. I consoled myself with a hearty breakfast and his assurances that we should
manage better next year , if we were spared , by allowing the erne to sit hard
before ...
When Peter felt sure the game was up , he returned to release me from my watch
. I consoled myself with a hearty breakfast and his assurances that we should
manage better next year , if we were spared , by allowing the erne to sit hard
before ...
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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,