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Side 121
They always lay their one egg out of sight , and never upon the ledges of the rock
. One or two were hatching in the holes of the prison where our fearless reformer
was confined ; when peeping out with their quaint bills , they had an ancient ...
They always lay their one egg out of sight , and never upon the ledges of the rock
. One or two were hatching in the holes of the prison where our fearless reformer
was confined ; when peeping out with their quaint bills , they had an ancient ...
Side 122
A few knots were flitting from rock to rock at the base ; I also slew a couple of
them . There is a long narrow cavern right through the island , which every year
harbours a pair of small green cormorants or shags ; but the great cormorant only
...
A few knots were flitting from rock to rock at the base ; I also slew a couple of
them . There is a long narrow cavern right through the island , which every year
harbours a pair of small green cormorants or shags ; but the great cormorant only
...
Side 123
They afford drink to a few sheep pastured upon the rock . At the fall of last year ,
there were ten white - faced , seven - months ' old , lambs put on ; but the half
died . Had they been the black - faced , and a little older , they would have thriven
...
They afford drink to a few sheep pastured upon the rock . At the fall of last year ,
there were ten white - faced , seven - months ' old , lambs put on ; but the half
died . Had they been the black - faced , and a little older , they would have thriven
...
Side 125
They were formed entirely of this material , as we ascertained from examining the
habitations of the two colonies which have been obliged to nidify on the top of the
rock , all the shelves and ledges on the face being forestalled . They were so ...
They were formed entirely of this material , as we ascertained from examining the
habitations of the two colonies which have been obliged to nidify on the top of the
rock , all the shelves and ledges on the face being forestalled . They were so ...
Side 126
inviting snip of rock juts out upon a line with the walls of the fortress , where the
riflemen take their station . They have seldom long to wait ere a gannet settles
upon this point . It was called “ Baird's shot , " from some steadyhanded Baird
having ...
inviting snip of rock juts out upon a line with the walls of the fortress , where the
riflemen take their station . They have seldom long to wait ere a gannet settles
upon this point . It was called “ Baird's shot , " from some steadyhanded Baird
having ...
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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 |