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About forty yards below , a tree that jutted over a deep part of the river prevented
my leading him down stream , so he had every advantage , and I must say
seemed inclined to take it . Sometimes he would sulk , and when with great
trouble I ...
About forty yards below , a tree that jutted over a deep part of the river prevented
my leading him down stream , so he had every advantage , and I must say
seemed inclined to take it . Sometimes he would sulk , and when with great
trouble I ...
Side 86
A gamekeeper told me that once , when he climbed the tree , one of the old owls
darted down upon his head , and scratched him with its claws . I could scarcely
give credit to this , as I always saw both birds on the watch when I invaded their ...
A gamekeeper told me that once , when he climbed the tree , one of the old owls
darted down upon his head , and scratched him with its claws . I could scarcely
give credit to this , as I always saw both birds on the watch when I invaded their ...
Side 87
He immediately settled upon another tree , and began to hoot . I was , however ,
more successful this time , for , upon getting under the tree , I detected him ,
perched as before , near the top . Taking very deliberate aim , I fired , and the
poor owl ...
He immediately settled upon another tree , and began to hoot . I was , however ,
more successful this time , for , upon getting under the tree , I detected him ,
perched as before , near the top . Taking very deliberate aim , I fired , and the
poor owl ...
Side 88
I recollect once , when standing under a tree where an owl was hooting , being
struck with the difference of the note from its sound at a distance . Far off , one
wonders that so small a bird can emit such a volume of sound . The nearer you
come ...
I recollect once , when standing under a tree where an owl was hooting , being
struck with the difference of the note from its sound at a distance . Far off , one
wonders that so small a bird can emit such a volume of sound . The nearer you
come ...
Side 92
I have sometimes put them up in open daylight , out of the heather , where there
were neither trees nor rocks . But they are more often flushed from some thick fir -
tree , which seems a favourite retreat , especially if surrounded by heath or ...
I have sometimes put them up in open daylight , out of the heather , where there
were neither trees nor rocks . But they are more often flushed from some thick fir -
tree , which seems a favourite retreat , especially if surrounded by heath or ...
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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,