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Side 19
This harassing the rear of a retreating enemy , showed tactics on the part of the
old grey friar that we could scarcely have expected . I once brought home a half -
grown cub , which had wandered from the hole , rolling it up in my jacket .
This harassing the rear of a retreating enemy , showed tactics on the part of the
old grey friar that we could scarcely have expected . I once brought home a half -
grown cub , which had wandered from the hole , rolling it up in my jacket .
Side 37
... from rising at the par , you may still succeed with minnow , in the streams ,
especially about dusk . Very large trout , also , that scarcely ever rise to a fly ,
dash freely after the minnow , when the sun is down . They may SALMON
ANGLING . 37.
... from rising at the par , you may still succeed with minnow , in the streams ,
especially about dusk . Very large trout , also , that scarcely ever rise to a fly ,
dash freely after the minnow , when the sun is down . They may SALMON
ANGLING . 37.
Side 55
I thought my guide was joking when he pointed to a shallow hole , no bigger than
an English duck - pond , and so overgrown with water plants , that there was
scarcely three square yards clear . After watching for a little time , a great break of
...
I thought my guide was joking when he pointed to a shallow hole , no bigger than
an English duck - pond , and so overgrown with water plants , that there was
scarcely three square yards clear . After watching for a little time , a great break of
...
Side 85
This buzzard , scarcely - full fledged , was standing , erect as a drill - sergeant , in
the midst of a noisy group , all distracting his attention , when a field - mouse was
let out of a trap among the grass behind him . He listened , wheeled to the right ...
This buzzard , scarcely - full fledged , was standing , erect as a drill - sergeant , in
the midst of a noisy group , all distracting his attention , when a field - mouse was
let out of a trap among the grass behind him . He listened , wheeled to the right ...
Side 120
... impressed with the stupendous scene . At the time I was there , a raven's nest
was fixed near the top of the western side . Three of the young , in appearance no
bigger than blackbirds , were peering over the side . I could scarcely believe ...
... impressed with the stupendous scene . At the time I was there , a raven's nest
was fixed near the top of the western side . Three of the young , in appearance no
bigger than blackbirds , were peering over the side . I could scarcely believe ...
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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 |