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The Forester's house was within a short distance , so I arranged with him that we
should start by daylight next morning for the eagle's eyrie , partook of Highland
cheer in a snug little Cyclops of a parlour ornamented with the horns of the red ...
The Forester's house was within a short distance , so I arranged with him that we
should start by daylight next morning for the eagle's eyrie , partook of Highland
cheer in a snug little Cyclops of a parlour ornamented with the horns of the red ...
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... will most likely strike away from the boat , and your first effort should be to
shorten your line by backing water . Whenever the fish is under command of a
short line , and you can persuade him to follow the boat , land and kill him from
shore .
... will most likely strike away from the boat , and your first effort should be to
shorten your line by backing water . Whenever the fish is under command of a
short line , and you can persuade him to follow the boat , land and kill him from
shore .
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In a very short time there was a crash , a faint squeak , and the mouse was never
heard again . It used sometimes to startle strangers , by coming down upon their
shoulders , with the noiseless spirit - like flight which enabled it to surprise the ...
In a very short time there was a crash , a faint squeak , and the mouse was never
heard again . It used sometimes to startle strangers , by coming down upon their
shoulders , with the noiseless spirit - like flight which enabled it to surprise the ...
Side 165
Phlegmatic Thomas immediately knew that the string was too short , from the loch
being so high , so he “ consulted his raison , " settled where the trap should be ,
kept his secret till the loch grew less , then returned and found the float within ten
...
Phlegmatic Thomas immediately knew that the string was too short , from the loch
being so high , so he “ consulted his raison , " settled where the trap should be ,
kept his secret till the loch grew less , then returned and found the float within ten
...
Side 167
terriers came on its track in a brook . It immediately took the land a long way
ahead of the dogs , and by a short cut made for the loch . I got my eye upon it
slowly cantering along , intercepted and rolled it over not thirty yards from the
shore .
terriers came on its track in a brook . It immediately took the land a long way
ahead of the dogs , and by a short cut made for the loch . I got my eye upon it
slowly cantering along , intercepted and rolled it over not thirty yards from the
shore .
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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,