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Side 24
A perfect she - deevil was Kirsty ; I kent her weel . Mony a day after the deed was
done she travelled the country , and her sons are to the fore yet . ” One day they
left Cladich , and took their course over this mountain , in the way of their trade .
A perfect she - deevil was Kirsty ; I kent her weel . Mony a day after the deed was
done she travelled the country , and her sons are to the fore yet . ” One day they
left Cladich , and took their course over this mountain , in the way of their trade .
Side 55
As the “ weedy loch ” was only half an hour's walk from Inverary , I took
advantage of the first favourable day to give it a trial , both with fly and bait , for
one of these monsters . I thought my guide was joking when he pointed to a
shallow hole ...
As the “ weedy loch ” was only half an hour's walk from Inverary , I took
advantage of the first favourable day to give it a trial , both with fly and bait , for
one of these monsters . I thought my guide was joking when he pointed to a
shallow hole ...
Side 103
deer on the islands of Loch Lomond were sometimes poached by printers from
the Leven works , who , coming in boats , took their booty away with them to sell
to the Glasgow poulterers . The foresters had not unfrequently to fire on the boats
...
deer on the islands of Loch Lomond were sometimes poached by printers from
the Leven works , who , coming in boats , took their booty away with them to sell
to the Glasgow poulterers . The foresters had not unfrequently to fire on the boats
...
Side 123
We therefore took the whole lot to what they call “ the Spring ; ” ( though one
accustomed to the pure springs of the Highlands is loath to allow it the name ; )
and old Jack was right , for the large gull's eggs sank like stones ; while the
herring ...
We therefore took the whole lot to what they call “ the Spring ; ” ( though one
accustomed to the pure springs of the Highlands is loath to allow it the name ; )
and old Jack was right , for the large gull's eggs sank like stones ; while the
herring ...
Side 132
The ball struck him true in the centre of the shoulder ; but , from his being above
me , it took a slanting direction ( as we afterwards found ) , and he did not drop .
Up I started ; and , at the same instant , the old goat bounded from the opposite ...
The ball struck him true in the centre of the shoulder ; but , from his being above
me , it took a slanting direction ( as we afterwards found ) , and he did not drop .
Up I started ; and , at the same instant , the old goat bounded from the opposite ...
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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 |