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Side 24
The woman was taken up , but dismissed for want of evidence . Life was held
light in the Highlands in those days , and soon little was said or thought about the
poor lost tinker or his tyrant mate . I felt relieved to quit this dismal scene , and to ...
The woman was taken up , but dismissed for want of evidence . Life was held
light in the Highlands in those days , and soon little was said or thought about the
poor lost tinker or his tyrant mate . I felt relieved to quit this dismal scene , and to ...
Side 25
Arrived at Cladich , my first step was to order in the weighing machine , when my
fish proved 154 lbs . odd , so must have been nearly sixteen when taken out of
the water . I had killed in Loch Vennacher , the year before , with single gut , a ...
Arrived at Cladich , my first step was to order in the weighing machine , when my
fish proved 154 lbs . odd , so must have been nearly sixteen when taken out of
the water . I had killed in Loch Vennacher , the year before , with single gut , a ...
Side 64
I know it is often the case , especially with trout , and I have seen fish caught on a
mossy soil , nearly black , while those taken on a clear golden sand were bright
yellow , though in the same loch . But to return to my friends , the eels .
I know it is often the case , especially with trout , and I have seen fish caught on a
mossy soil , nearly black , while those taken on a clear golden sand were bright
yellow , though in the same loch . But to return to my friends , the eels .
Side 161
The gentleman who saw them taken out , only a short time before , told me the
fact . But even these instances are equalled by the solemn toothless cod . A
friend of mine was trolling in Loch Long , and hooked a seithe . An enormous cod
...
The gentleman who saw them taken out , only a short time before , told me the
fact . But even these instances are equalled by the solemn toothless cod . A
friend of mine was trolling in Loch Long , and hooked a seithe . An enormous cod
...
Side 168
I remember three being taken alive , by a water dog on the Thames , of a rich
cream colour . They all haunted the same bend of the river , and were constantly
noticed gamboling among the reeds before they were captured . I never saw
more ...
I remember three being taken alive , by a water dog on the Thames , of a rich
cream colour . They all haunted the same bend of the river , and were constantly
noticed gamboling among the reeds before they were captured . I never saw
more ...
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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 |