Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 sider |
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... taken possession of their temporary abodes . Every variety may be seen and studied ; while from their tameness a nearer view may be obtained than at any other time . Few springs have passed without my enjoying either a marine or ...
... taken possession of their temporary abodes . Every variety may be seen and studied ; while from their tameness a nearer view may be obtained than at any other time . Few springs have passed without my enjoying either a marine or ...
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... taken out of the firth the night before . By the time we had discussed them , we were coasting the shingly beach of Loch Long ; and having touched at Arden Tinny , and viewed the fairy land of Glenfinert , its emerald lawn , and rampart ...
... taken out of the firth the night before . By the time we had discussed them , we were coasting the shingly beach of Loch Long ; and having touched at Arden Tinny , and viewed the fairy land of Glenfinert , its emerald lawn , and rampart ...
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... , as if walking away from the eyrie . Having taken a long circuit , we edged in , till we got a slope of the mountain between us and our quarry . This achieved , we walked rapidly round till we came 10 CORRACH - BAH ; OR ,
... , as if walking away from the eyrie . Having taken a long circuit , we edged in , till we got a slope of the mountain between us and our quarry . This achieved , we walked rapidly round till we came 10 CORRACH - BAH ; OR ,
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... taken captive by a hostile clan , and confined there . His jailor had an annuity during his lifetime . The Camerons , how- ever , found out where he was concealed , and came down in a body . As soon as the wretch saw them , he stabbed ...
... taken captive by a hostile clan , and confined there . His jailor had an annuity during his lifetime . The Camerons , how- ever , found out where he was concealed , and came down in a body . As soon as the wretch saw them , he stabbed ...
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... taken up , but dismissed for want of evidence . Life was held light in the High- lands in those days , and soon little was said or thought about the poor lost tinker or his tyrant mate . of I felt relieved to quit this dismal scene ...
... taken up , but dismissed for want of evidence . Life was held light in the High- lands in those days , and soon little was said or thought about the poor lost tinker or his tyrant mate . of I felt relieved to quit this dismal scene ...
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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,